On 13 Jul, 13:16, rajpate...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to add a reference to this DLL in Visual Studio 2003 so I
> can programmatically trigger replication. When I try and add the
> reference I get the following exception:
>
> "A reference to 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK
> \Assemblies\Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll' could not be added. This is
> not a valid assembly or COM component. Only assemblies with extension
> 'dll' and COM components can be referenced. Please make sure that the
> file is accessible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM component."
>
> As you can see it does have a .dll extension.
>
> The file I try to reference indicates it was created on 14 October
> 2005, 03:43:34 and is version 9.0.1399.0
>
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK\Assemblies
> \Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll
>
> Can I doenload another version of the DLL from somewhere?
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
> Thanks
>
> Rajl

On 13 Jul, 16:22, rajpate...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On 13 Jul, 13:16, rajpate...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I'm trying to add a reference to this DLL in Visual Studio 2003 so I
> > can programmatically trigger replication. When I try and add the
> > reference I get the following exception:
>
> > "A reference to 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK
> > \Assemblies\Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll' could not be added. This is
> > not a valid assembly or COM component. Only assemblies with extension
> > 'dll' and COM components can be referenced. Please make sure that the
> > file is accessible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM component."
>
> > As you can see it does have a .dll extension.
>
> > The file I try to reference indicates it was created on 14 October
> > 2005, 03:43:34 and is version 9.0.1399.0
>
> > C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK\Assemblies
> > \Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll
>
> > Can I doenload another version of the DLL from somewhere?
>
> > Any help appreciated!
>
> > Thanks
>
> > Rajl
>
> Also got a newer version of the file version 9.0.242.0, created 10th
> Feb 2007 but that has the same problem- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

"rajpatel50@hotmail.com" wrote:

> On 13 Jul, 16:22, rajpate...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > On 13 Jul, 13:16, rajpate...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi All,
> >
> > > I'm trying to add a reference to this DLL in Visual Studio 2003 so I
> > > can programmatically trigger replication. When I try and add the
> > > reference I get the following exception:
> >
> > > "A reference to 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK
> > > \Assemblies\Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll' could not be added. This is
> > > not a valid assembly or COM component. Only assemblies with extension
> > > 'dll' and COM components can be referenced. Please make sure that the
> > > file is accessible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM component."
> >
> > > As you can see it does have a .dll extension.
> >
> > > The file I try to reference indicates it was created on 14 October
> > > 2005, 03:43:34 and is version 9.0.1399.0
> >
> > > C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK\Assemblies
> > > \Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll
> >
> > > Can I doenload another version of the DLL from somewhere?
> >
> > > Any help appreciated!
> >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > > Rajl
> >
> > Also got a newer version of the file version 9.0.242.0, created 10th
> > Feb 2007 but that has the same problem- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> OK, this is resolved now. I think the issue is to do with the fact I'm
> using VS2003. I tried adding the reference to a VS2005 project and
> that works fine. I'm guessing that the dll is a .NET 2.0 dll and so
> not compatible against VS2003?
>