Hi,

I have an assembly in GAC which I want to reference in my project. When I
try to add the reference using "Add Reference" in the solution explorer I
could not find the dll in the list(.NET as well as COM). Why is the dll that
is visible in the GAC not visible to Visual Studio.

The Dll I tried was "Microsoft.Office.DataParts.dll". I have Visual Studion
..NET 2003.

I later copied the dll from command line and included it in my project from
another location. But the question is why some of the dlls visble in GAC are
not visible to Visual Studio.

Thanks,
Sukesh.

Sukesh,

>Why is the dll that is visible in the GAC not visible to Visual Studio.

Because Visual Studio doesn't list the content of the GAC.


>I later copied the dll from command line and included it in my project from
>another location.

Great, that's the way to do it.



Mattias

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Hi,

The list of assemblies you see in the "Add Reference" dialog is populated
not from the GAC contents, but rather from the Public Assemblies folder
under the Visual Studio .NET installation directory.
You can copy the assembly there and it will appear in the list.

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"Sukesh Shetty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E0AB7CCB-0C9E-4D2E-A788-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I have an assembly in GAC which I want to reference in my project. When I
> try to add the reference using "Add Reference" in the solution explorer I
> could not find the dll in the list(.NET as well as COM). Why is the dll
> that
> is visible in the GAC not visible to Visual Studio.
>
> The Dll I tried was "Microsoft.Office.DataParts.dll". I have Visual
> Studion
> .NET 2003.
>
> I later copied the dll from command line and included it in my project
> from
> another location. But the question is why some of the dlls visble in GAC
> are
> not visible to Visual Studio.
>
> Thanks,
> Sukesh.

Also, [1] tells you how to add other locations to the list of folders listed

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...references.asp

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk/weblog
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk

Hi,

The list of assemblies you see in the "Add Reference" dialog is populated
not from the GAC contents, but rather from the Public Assemblies folder
under the Visual Studio .NET installation directory.
You can copy the assembly there and it will appear in the list.

The list of assemblies you see in the "Add Reference" dialog is populated
not from the GAC contents, But from the folder, "Windows Directory /
Microsoft.Net / Framework / Version Folder(as v1.1.4322) /
You can copy the assembly there and it will appear in the list.
Happy DotNetting

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Thanks & Regards,

Abhishek Khare
Asst. Software Engineer
Differential Technologies Ltd.
New Delhi
"Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:OmWoiax$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Also, [1] tells you how to add other locations to the list of folders
listed
>
> [1]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/vbcon/html/
vbtskaddingremovingreferences.asp
>
> Regards
>
> Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
> http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk/weblog
> http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk
>
> Hi,
>
> The list of assemblies you see in the "Add Reference" dialog is populated
> not from the GAC contents, but rather from the Public Assemblies folder
> under the Visual Studio .NET installation directory.
> You can copy the assembly there and it will appear in the list.
>
>

Hmm, I was unaware this folder also participates in populating the "Add
Reference" list. I am pretty sure though that the contents of the
%VSNETINSTALLDIR%\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies" folder is used to populate
the list, so I'd recommend that the latter folder is tried first, especially
that copying your own assemblies to the .NET Framework's installation folder
could be risky, while the 'PublicAssemblies' folder *is* dedicated to
copying your own assemblies there to appear in the list.

--
Sincerely,
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
Bring the power of unit testing to the VS .NET IDE today!
http://www.x-unity.net/teststudio.aspx

"Abhishek Khare" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eiq%(E-Mail Removed)...
> The list of assemblies you see in the "Add Reference" dialog is populated
> not from the GAC contents, But from the folder, "Windows Directory /
> Microsoft.Net / Framework / Version Folder(as v1.1.4322) /
> You can copy the assembly there and it will appear in the list.
> Happy DotNetting
>
> --
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Abhishek Khare
> Asst. Software Engineer
> Differential Technologies Ltd.
> New Delhi
> "Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:OmWoiax$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Also, [1] tells you how to add other locations to the list of folders
> listed
>>
>> [1]
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/vbcon/html/
> vbtskaddingremovingreferences.asp
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
>> http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk/weblog
>> http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The list of assemblies you see in the "Add Reference" dialog is
>> populated
>> not from the GAC contents, but rather from the Public Assemblies folder
>> under the Visual Studio .NET installation directory.
>> You can copy the assembly there and it will appear in the list.
>>
>>
>
>