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I have a dll that I want to reference in various projects; I have it
strongly named and used the gacutil to put it in the GAC. I can browse to
the assembly directory and see the dll, but in Visual Studio, when I use the
add reference dialog box, the assembly doesn't appear. I've tried searching
and adding a key to the registry to point to the directory but it still
doesn't appear.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Rod

Hi Rod,

During development, such as getting IntelliSense support, you should
reference a copy that you put in another common directory or in each
project's BIN directory. At runtime, .NET will use the version in the GAC.

The GAC may look like a regular folder but it doesn't always act like one.

Ken

"Rod Snyder" <> wrote in message
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>I have a dll that I want to reference in various projects; I have it
> strongly named and used the gacutil to put it in the GAC. I can browse to
> the assembly directory and see the dll, but in Visual Studio, when I use
> the
> add reference dialog box, the assembly doesn't appear. I've tried
> searching
> and adding a key to the registry to point to the directory but it still
> doesn't appear.
>
> Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Rod
>

Ken:
Thanks for the response. This does help. I was able to get it strongly named
and into the gac using the gacutil.exe. However, what is the preferred way
of handling this on a production server where I don't have the sdk.

Rod


"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Rod,
>
> During development, such as getting IntelliSense support, you should
> reference a copy that you put in another common directory or in each
> project's BIN directory. At runtime, .NET will use the version in the GAC.
>
> The GAC may look like a regular folder but it doesn't always act like one.
>
> Ken
>
> "Rod Snyder" <> wrote in message
> news:e4gY$...
>>I have a dll that I want to reference in various projects; I have it
>> strongly named and used the gacutil to put it in the GAC. I can browse to
>> the assembly directory and see the dll, but in Visual Studio, when I use
>> the
>> add reference dialog box, the assembly doesn't appear. I've tried
>> searching
>> and adding a key to the registry to point to the directory but it still
>> doesn't appear.
>>
>> Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Rod
>>
>

Hi Rod,

On a production server, you should be able to copy a strong-named assembly
into the GAC using Windows Explorer. Most good setup kits also do an
installation into the GAC.

Ken

"Rod Snyder" <> wrote in message
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> Ken:
> Thanks for the response. This does help. I was able to get it strongly
> named and into the gac using the gacutil.exe. However, what is the
> preferred way of handling this on a production server where I don't have
> the sdk.
>
> Rod