how to refer to a registered assembly located in GAC

[Support]

Hello:
I registered Webvalidator.dll in the web server's GAC
I am developing an asp.net web application that want to make use of the
webvalidator.dll
in vb.net - how do I refer to it ?
Thanks

 

[Karl Seguin]

You add a reference to it like you normally would any assembly...instead of
going to "browse" though, it should be in the main list of .net assemblies.

Karl

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[Manohar Kamath]

Karl,

I don't think the GACed assemblies are automatically shown on the ".NET"
tab in VS.NET. Here's an article that shows how you can add them manually:

http://www.daveranck.com/SoftwareDev/DevArticles/174.aspx

 

[Support]

so, are you saying since my development platform is not the webserver, I
would Add a registry key like the one below pointing to where the assembly
resides.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\AssemblyFolders\[FolderName]@="\\webservername\c$\WINDOWS\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\[FolderName]"

would the unc work ?
Thanks