RE: Project References (repost with fixed msdn alias)

Hello Adrian,

Thanks for your posting! I can see the mentioned problem.

Actually, there are two scenarios when we reference an assembly in our
project. These two scenarios cause different modifications into the .csproj
file.

1. If we reference an assembly from some IDE known places. It will only add
the assembly general information into the project file without its
location. For example, if we navigate to .NET tab in the Add Reference
dialog and choose Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.9.0,
click OK. The following line will be added into the .csproj file

<Reference
Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.v9.0,
Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a,
processorArchitecture=MSIL" />

2. If we reference an assembly from IDE NOT known places. For example, we
navigate to Browse tab in the Add Reference dialog, and go to C:\Program
Files\, choose AjaxControlToolkit, and click OK. Then, the referenced
assembly will appear in the Visual Studio with location information,

<Reference Include="AjaxControlToolkit, Version=3.0.20820.16598,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=28f01b0e84b6d53e,
processorArchitecture=MSIL">
<SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
<HintPath>..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Program
Files\AjaxControlToolkit.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>

All the location information is hard written. So the Program Files folder
will not be redirected to Program Files(x86) folder in x64 system machine.
Therefore, the mentioned issue occurs.

So our solution is putting the AjaxControlToolkit assembly in the IDE known
places. So the .csproj file does not keep the location information. It
leaves the job to IDE to find the right place to get that assembly. The
most famous IDE known folder for assemblies is,

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies

In the x64 machine, we need to put the AjaxControlToolkit into
C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
9.0\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies

After check out the project from the VSS, IDE reads the .csproj file and
will search the AjaxControlToolkit.dll in C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft
Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies by default.

Please let me know if you have any future questions on this. Have a nice
day!


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