File or Assembly Not Found

[NeilV]

Hello,

I am trying to use a DLL that I have created in my ASP.Net page using Visual Studio. I have added a reference to my DLL (which I have used in other projects without problems but not using Visual Studio) but I get the following error:

"File or assembly name XXXX, or one of its dependencies, was not found"

I can get round this problem by setting the Copy Local Property for this DLL to true, but I would ideally not have to make alocal copy.

Any help would be great

Neil

 

[obislavu]

There is no impact for your app because you set Copy Local property when you develop the app. So keep it set to True.

-obislavu-

 

[Cheiron]

If you don't want to "copy local" the DLL, you can register it in the GAC after giving it a strong name, but, unless the DLL is shared by multiple applications in different unrelated folders, and/or you want an easy way to do side-by-side deployments of the same DLL, it is far better to copy the DLL locally than to put it in the GAC.

As obislavu said, it is best to leave the "copy local" setting as you have it in your case.