I have a dll in the GAC. I browse to this same dll in a different place then referenced in the GAC using the file dialog of add reference.
Visual studio repoints it to the gac location.
Boom my build blows up on the build server that doesn't have this dll in the gac or at that location.
What is the best way to fix this?
Assuming the directory structure on the build machine is the same as on your local machine, you could add hint path to the project file. Right click on the project and select 'Unload Project', then right click again and select Edit. After adding the hint path, right click on the project again and select 'Reload Project'.
<Reference Include="YourReference, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=xxxxxxx, processorArchitecture=x86">
<HintPath>..\..\bin\YourReference.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>
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I have several projects made in Visual Studio 2010, those projects are ArcGIS Desktop Add-in's. I have been change of computer, and my new one only have Visual Studio 2013 due to some company politics I'm not allowed to install VS2010.
I tried to open this projects in VS2013, and they open with no problem, but when i try to compile it, it get me the following issue:
ESRI.ArcGIS.AddIns.SDK, Version=10.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fc3cc631e44ad86. Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. Confirm that the declaration is correct, that the assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a public class that implements Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask.
my research so far has get me to install the VS SDK, but I'm not quite sure about which one(2008...2013)
Any one has any possible solution for this?
First, I check that Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0 was in the GAC, It was not there... :( then I proceed as Juho Vainio in Geonet suggest : Visual Studio Command Prompt --> Run as Administrator --> gacutil /i Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0.dll, but it failed because I was not giving the full pat of the dll, so I search for it in the Visual Studio 2008 SDK, and Voila!!! it appear in the GAC
but the project still does not compile, so, I chec in the real GAC:
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly
and found that the file does not exist neither in the GAC_32, nor GAC_64 folder, moreover, it exists in the folder GAC_MSIL, so....i took the folder C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0 and copied it to the folders GAC_32 and GAC_64.
Now the project compiles.
I've uploaded an MVC3 website and I'm getting this error:
Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Helpers, Version=1.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its
dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Having seen this before I know that it's an issue where the libraries I need aren't there. I have to bin deploy.
However I can't find the "Add Deployable Assemblies" option when I right click the project.
And according to this answer:
Starting with MVC 3 Tools Update we are now using Nuget package
references, which means that your project is automatically
bin-deployable. Since the tooling gesture is no longer necessary it
was removed from VS 11.
So why hasn't my application been "automatically bin-deployed" if this is the case?
Any suggestions?
Install Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack1 and you will get the option.
http://iwantmymvc.com/2011-03-23-bin-deploy-aspnet-mvc-3-visual-studio
I have some legacy dlls installed as part of a asp.net MSI setup package. All dlls are installed into the GAC. On asp.net I was able to reference dlls in GAC by placing such entries into the web.config file
<add assembly="MY.DEPENDENCY.MODULE, Version=1.2.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=qwertyuiop"/>
I did the same thing as above in MVC3 but my source complains it can't find the expected references. have anyone else know or done this before?
Thanks
Did you try adding a reference from inside VS? Right click on References>Add Reference
When you reference a dll via the Add Reference, you can have it push when you publish by clicking on the referenced dll and change the "Copy Local" option in properties to true. Then when you deploy use the publish function of the project.
This doesn't hard code a path when you publish, it just uses that path to do the compilation.
The published app will then look at the bin folder for that dll.
I need to put a dll file into my project, my notes say simply drag the dll into the toolbox but it doesn't seem to be working.
How do i do this?
thanks.
You use the "References" item in the Solution Explorer to add a reference to it; Right-click and choose to Add Reference. There is an option there to select the DLL file.
When you do this, by default the DLL is copied and included in the project's output, which is what you usually want for a .NET Assembly, anyway.
Which reminds me to ask to make sure; Are you talking about a .NET Assembly DLL here? Things could be quite different if you mean a native code DLL.
Put the DLL into the root of your ASP.NET project, then make a regular .NET reference to it. Once you click "Add Reference..." you'll get to the .NET assemblies tab in the reference dialog. Then you click "Browse" which should open up the root directory of the project. In there you'll find the DLL you want to use, select it and ok out of everything. Visual Studio will then copy the DLL into the bin directory for you and the code that uses that assembly will then work.
<%#RegisterAssembly="(DLL Name)"Namespace="(Namespace from Object Browser)"TagPrefix="(Any Prefix)" %>
I have installed the strong named assembly TestReflection into the GAC (I am using .NET 4.0 and VS 2010).
Different versions of the TestReflection DLL are in GAC of .NET 4.0 (C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_32\TestReflection\), however, the assembly does not appear in the "Project" -> "Add reference" box of VS 2010.
How can I refer to my assembly deployed in GAC at design time from another project?
This page says that:
You cannot add references from the Global Assembly Cache (GAC), as it is strictly part of the run-time environment.
Referring to this statement, I would like to know how to make your project's DLL shared assembly for other consumers if it's the requirement?
The dll's shown in the .Net tab of the "Add references" dialog are not actually the ones registered in the GAC. They are found by searching a few paths on your filesystem.
The paths being searched are located by Visual Studio by looking up the following registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetFramework\{Version}\AssemblyFoldersEx\
There should be some keys added there already, so if you want your own dll to show up on the .Net tab, you can add it to one of the folders defined there. You could also add a new registry key pointing to a custom folder, which would only contain your own dll's.
The GAC is only meant for loading assemblies at runtime after your application has been deployed, so I don't think you should use it while developing. When you deploy your app, make sure to set "Copy local" to false on your reference so the dll won't be copied to the bin folder, and then install it into the GAC and it will be loaded from there instead.
Another simple option would be to manually edit the project file as XML in visual studio (You will have to unload the project first), and simply add node <Reference Include="<name of dll>" /> in MSBuild project file. After reloading the project, VS will pick up the reference without problem.
If you want to add Global Assembly Cache references to your VS2010 project, there is an extension you can use: Muse.VSExtensions.
It has some quirks but does a decent job. Check it out...
The answer is the Reference Paths in the property windows, you have to set it with the GAC path
Please see my post here: