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c#assemblies.net-assembly
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Reputation: 695

Another assembly referencing the old dll

I have 2 assemblies lets call them A and B. I've assigned strong names to them and now the problem arises that assembly B is looking for the old version of assembly A. **EDIT2: If I delete AssemblyB the problem persists so it might just be VS2008 looking for the old version? Also via fusionlog I see the following warning: wrn application configuration file binding redirects disallowed. Does this have anything to do with it? **

I get multiple errors of the same kind, here's one snippet:

You must add a reference to assembly 'AssemblyA, Version=1.2.4737.25316, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.

The strong named AssemblyA inside the project shows these properties: enter image description here

Inside app.config I've placed this piece of code:

<runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
        <dependentAssembly>
            <assemblyIdentity name="AssemblyA" culture="neutral"
    publicKeyToken="a22e30ac6a0edfc0"/>
            <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.2.4737.25316" newVersion="1.3.0.19440"/>
        </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
</runtime>

But this does not work. I have access to the source of both assemblies.

EDIT: If I delete the strong named and add the old (weak named) dll to the project it will give an error asking about the strong named version

You must add a reference to assembly 'AssemblyA, Version=1.3.0.19440, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a22e30ac6a0edfc0'.

What's happening here?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3954

Answers (1)

tutu
tutu

Reputation: 695

Some DLL's still referred to the old (weak named) version of other DLL's. Luckily the assemblies came with the source so I had to recompile everything including a key.

After that another error came up along the lines of "The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference"

To fix this I added the following in the app.config.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    <configuration>
      <runtime>
        <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
          <dependentAssembly>
            <publisherPolicy apply="no" />
            <assemblyIdentity name="Assemblyname" culture="neutral" publicKeyToken="3a5628535d42dbed"/>
            <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.3.0.15233" newVersion="1.3.0.40647" />
          </dependentAssembly>
        </assemblyBinding>
      </runtime>
    </configuration>

Upvotes: 3

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