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ManIkWeet
ManIkWeet

Reputation: 1338

C# project reference not working - .dll not in output folder as it's only used in XAML

At my job we've been running into an issue regarding project references lately.

I have one entry project called EntryPoint which references my main project, called MainProject. My main project has a reference added to another important project called ImportantProject, which contains an important ResourceDictionary in a file called ImportantResources.xaml.

I have a Window in my main project which uses the important ResourceDictionary with the following code:

<Window.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/ImportantProject;component/ImportantResources.xaml" />
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</Window.Resources>

While I am designing my Window everything works flawlessly, I have full access to the important project's resources. However when I run my program, it immediately crashes.

Exception thrown: 'System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException' in PresentationFramework.dll

Additional information: 'Set property 'System.Windows.ResourceDictionary.Source' threw an exception.' Line number '11' and line position '18'.

When I look at my output folder (/EntryPoint/bin/Debug), I notice that there is no ImportantProject.dll file, which I assume is why the crash is happening.

How can I make sure the .dll file appears in the output folder?
I would like a global solution, which works for all Importantprojects that might appear in the future if possible.

Here's a full code sample on GitHub

Upvotes: 0

Views: 171

Answers (1)

Eric
Eric

Reputation: 1847

EntryPoint doesn't appear to have a reference to ImportantProject. If you add the reference to ImportantProject, it runs fine.

If you have project A that references project B that references project C, then project A needs to have references to both projects B and C.

Upvotes: 1

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