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Shaku
Shaku

Reputation: 670

"Assembly is not referenced by this project" Error in a WPF Resource Dictionary

Create a new WPF project called: xmlnsError

Add a reference to PresentationFramework.Aero

Add this ResourceDictionary to App.xaml:

<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero,Version=4.0.0.0,Culture=Neutral,PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35,processorArchitecture=MSIL;component/themes/Aero.NormalColor.xaml"/>

Doing so shows a warning of 

Assembly 'PresentationFramework.Aero,Version=4.0.0.0,Culture=Neutral,PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35,processorArchitecture=MSIL' is not referenced by this project

I've double-checked to make sure that the version is actually 4.0.0.0 and the PublicKeyToken is actually 31bf3856ad364e35 by navigating to C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFramework.Aero as well as checking the GAC at runtime by looking at the AssemblyInfo from AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies();

Is there any way to fix this warning? This a follow-up question to WPF Windows 8 Compatability Issue

Upvotes: 11

Views: 3678

Answers (3)

StayOnTarget
StayOnTarget

Reputation: 13008

I had a very similar problem when trying to use PresentationFramework.Classic. I got the same warning even after triple checking all the assembly details were correct (which were copy/pasted from dotPeek anyway).

However, it seems that this warning may be spurious because the compiled application works just fine. I was testing on a "clean" virtual machine image where I am confident that nothing has polluted the environment e.g. an unwanted local copy of PresentationFramework.Classic.dll is not in the application folder.

Also, as noted by @Maverik in a comment:

I truly think this is a designer analysis limitation and you can ignore this particular warning as long as it actually works fine.

which seems to be the same conclusion.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/8185946/3195477

Upvotes: 0

MattCat
MattCat

Reputation: 44

Normally, you do not need to specify the assembly version, culture, and key when using resources from an assembly. The following example compiles without any warnings:

<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero;component/themes/Aero.NormalColor.xaml"/>

Upvotes: 2

John C
John C

Reputation: 1981

Apparently (MSDN Forums), there's a metadata-only version of Aero and the right one is in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\WPF. I don't have any way of checking if there's been a similar problem/solution for any of the .NET 4.5 versions, at the moment.

Upvotes: 0

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