Locating DLLs outside of bin

[james]

Would anyone mind explaining how I can use .dlls outisde of /bin?
Really I want to use dll's that are located in "../", but I haven't
been able to get .Net to look outside of my base directory. I tried
this in web.config:

<configuration><runtime><assemblingbinding xmls="urn:schemas-microsoft-
com:asm.v1"><probing privatepath="../">...

If there is no way to look outside my base directory, is there a was
to look for dll's in the base directory (instead of bin)?

Thanks for any help,
James

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello James,

Just add reference to them via VS IDE

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J> Would anyone mind explaining how I can use .dlls outisde of /bin?
J> Really I want to use dll's that are located in "../", but I haven't
J> been able to get .Net to look outside of my base directory. I tried
J> this in web.config:
J>
J> <configuration><runtime><assemblingbinding
J> xmls="urn:schemas-microsoft- com:asm.v1"><probing
J> privatepath="../">...
J>
J> If there is no way to look outside my base directory, is there a was
J> to look for dll's in the base directory (instead of bin)?
J>
J> Thanks for any help,
J> James

 

[bruce barker]

asp.net uses its own loader, and its rather simple. when it starts up it
copies the bin dll's to the temp folder it actually runs the site in. a
load a dll at runtime it must be in the temp folder or in the system
folder. if you add a reference to the project (or web.config) the dll's
will copied to the temp folder.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

 

[james]

Thanks Bruce. Do you know how I would add a reference in the
web.config? Could I specify an absolute path? Right now our
installer is copying dll's to our application's main folder, and a
second time to /bin for our website.

-James