Re: How to have installer instal asmbly to gac

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From: David T. (David.T.Croft_at_AdsorptionProcessModeling.com)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:16:15 -0500

"Sahil Malik" <contactmethrumyblog@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:uQ0zGfB3EHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Assuming you are using the setup and deployment project thru VStudio
> 2003 - you can add a special folder called "Global Assembly Cache" and
> place your assembly in there.

This gets the dlls in the GAC but maybe that isn't what I need. I want the
dlls to appear under the .NET tab of the Add Reference dialog box. How can I
make this happen?

By the way thank you for your help with step one.

>
> The installer MSI will end up putting that into the GAC for you.
>
> Here's the cool thing - GAC supports side by side versions, but if you
> wanted to emulate old dll behavior by enforcing only the latest version to
> exist - you can control all that thru "Publisher policy"
>
> - Sahil Malik
> http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik
>
>
>
>
> "David T." <David.T.Croft@AdsorptionProcessModeling.com> wrote in message
> news:%Z9td.772$ln.396@lakeread06...
>> How can a .NET dll be installed so that it appears under the .NET tab in
>> the Add Reference dialog? How can this be done in a deployment project?
>>
>
>

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