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I tried deleting the reference and adding it back in again from the ". Net" tab, but this didn't appear to have any effect, and there was no where in that process that I could see that would allow me to set a specific path to the GAC.

I decided to delve a little deeper and look at where the references are defined in MyProject. I found that where the reference was defined as follows, Setting Specific Version had no effect on the path:. So, I can set the specific version property to false everywhere to consistently use "Common Files", but to consistently use the GAC, which I understand is what you recommend, something more is required.

If I have to I'll edit all the. Welcome to the new "DLL Hell". Yeah, we have fought this non-stop as well. There are several things that you can do. However, there are times that it will try to automatically select the GAC version, so if this happens you may want to temporarily remove the SF assemblies from the GAC while you are selecting the others.

If you do change the vbproj file, then this is generally something that you only have to do once per project. So this really isn't as bad as you may think.

Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. This is something that I have posted to Microsoft before Alright, I now understand that there are no easy tricks, but can you clarify where ideally I should be referencing Strataframe ". StrataFrame Forum Back. Login Register. Post Reply Like 0. Juan Carlos Pazos. Topic Details Share Topic. Group: Forum Members Posts: , Visits: Hi I download today the assmbly for DevExpress 8. Thanks for your help Regards Everything is possible, just keep trying Reply Like 0.

To view the files just browse them from the command prompt cmd , eg. Klaus Byskov Pedersen Klaus Byskov Pedersen k 27 27 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Cant we use some hack to view it as a normal one?

Sorry I may not have been clear here. Of course you can still use it with. KlausByskovPedersen Actually, you can view it as a normal folder. See my answer for two methods of doing it. Show 4 more comments. You install as assemblies by using: A setup program, that you author for your application. Using the gacutil.

NET 3. NET 2. K Christian. Besides gacutil. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.

Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Making Agile work for data science. Stack Gives Back Featured on Meta. I know that System32 is a no no, I haven't seen this asked about the windows fonts directory for I'm not sure about that. Thanks for your feedback. Please let me know what Microsoft thinks about it. I know that an application may install its assemblies in GAC, but from the verification for Test Case 15 I am not absolutely sure that it is allowed in Windows Vista with its security.

Since this is a failure of Test Case15 - we are planning on re-locating them to the application install directory in program files. Is this the preferred location? I don't think we have too many options. We are also seeing some ICE warnings not errors with this move - I assume this is still ok. Yes, you can re-locate them to the application install directory in program files unless you need to update those files. ICE warnings are acceptable.

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