Hi,

After installing an Assembly (.dll file) in the GAC, i d'ont see it in
the list of References in a client project. Reading the doc, i see that
the file should only be placed in the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies and the reference
appears effectively. So, despite the fact i'm sure using GAC is better,
i ask myself where is the difference and how to see my Assembly
registred in the GAC in the Reference list ?

Thanks and best regards
Gilles


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better than copy the assemby in the folder PublicAssemblies.

So, from yout point of view, wa can not reference an assembly registred
in the gac in a client application ?

Gilles



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You might be assuming that Visual Studio design-time references are related
to the GAC - they're not, they use the SDK versions of the assemblies. I
think you're getting design and build mixed up with deployment. The GAC is
where you deploy assemblies to make them visible to all apps on the system.
So yes, your client application can run and use assemblies deployed in the
GAC. That doesn't mean that those assemblies need to be in the GAC when you
build the client application.
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Better than?


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You simply don't.



Mattias

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