Cannot access the GAC from VS.NET 2003

[Guest]

Hi,

I want to access the GAC from VS.NET. There is a file I generate and place
together with the DLL and I need to load that text file into VS.NET.

I have tried Add Existing Item and the writing \windows\assembly\gac in the
dialog, where I receive "You do not have access to the folder
'C:\Windows\Assembly\gac'. See your administrator for access to this folder.

The thing is I am in the computer's administrator group...

 

[Mattias Sjögren]

Juan,

I want to access the GAC from VS.NET. There is a file I generate and place
together with the DLL and I need to load that text file into VS.NET.

The GAC isn't meant to store data files. Why don't you put the file
elsewhere?



Mattias

 

[Vagif Abilov]

You can only store .NET assemblies in the GAC. Don't misuse Global Assembly
Cache.

Vagif Abilov

 

[Guest]

I agree that the GAC shuld not be taken for a common folder; yet, sometimes
it is necessary to place debugging files in the GAC (for instance, *.pdb
files).
Now, all I am asking is how to see the file contents of certain GAC
subfolders. Curiously enough I can travel to the GAC and its contents via the
command prompt: why doesn't VS.NET 2003 allow me access as well?

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Thanks in advance,

Juan Dent, M.Sc.

You can only store .NET assemblies in the GAC. Don't misuse Global Assembly
Cache.

Vagif Abilov

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi Juan,

I agree with Vagif and Mattias's suggestion. The GAC folder is a specific
folder, we should operating on it with the gacutil tool.
Because we have a specific shell extension, so when we display in a windows
folder(explorer.exe), it will have different view from a common folder.

For symbols file for the assembly in the GAC, we can use the
"_NT_SYMBOL_PATH" environment to specified the symbols file path, and
vs.net will load them.
INFO: Set the Path of the Symbol Server in Visual Studio .NET (823242)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;823242

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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