Copy Local and GAC

9 Nov 2005 7:40 PM

moWhite

I have an assembly that uses a third-party object that is installed in the
GAC. I set the references "Copy Local" property to true and compile my
assembly. The third-party object is in fact copied to my output directory.

I have another assembly that uses my first assembly. I set the references
"Copy Local" property to true and compile my assembly. I would expect that I
would see both my first assembly and the third-party assembly in my second
output directory, but I don't.

Why?

9 Nov 2005 7:49 PM

David Browne

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"moWhite" <moWh***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6D8D7189-9256-4A64-893A-27FF1F45B6E5@microsoft.com...
>I have an assembly that uses a third-party object that is installed in the
> GAC. I set the references "Copy Local" property to true and compile my
> assembly. The third-party object is in fact copied to my output
> directory.
>
> I have another assembly that uses my first assembly. I set the references
> "Copy Local" property to true and compile my assembly. I would expect
> that I
> would see both my first assembly and the third-party assembly in my second
> output directory, but I don't.
>
> Why?

Because "Copy Local" is not recursive. Just set a direct reference from the
other project to the Third-Party project, and it will be copied too.

With Assemblies A,B and C
A --references--> B --references--> C

When you build A, B will be copied but C will not. But you can always add a
direct reference from A to C just so the Visual Studio can keep track of the
dependency and copy C into A's bin directory on build.

David

10 Nov 2005 12:32 AM

moWhite

Wow, I've been doing this .NET stuff since the beginning and I did not know
that.

I'm trying to confirm what you are saying right now, but can you point me to
an MSDN Library explaination of this?

Thanks, Richard

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"David Browne" wrote:

>
> "moWhite" <moWh***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6D8D7189-9256-4A64-893A-27FF1F45B6E5@microsoft.com...
> >I have an assembly that uses a third-party object that is installed in the
> > GAC. I set the references "Copy Local" property to true and compile my
> > assembly. The third-party object is in fact copied to my output
> > directory.
> >
> > I have another assembly that uses my first assembly. I set the references
> > "Copy Local" property to true and compile my assembly. I would expect
> > that I
> > would see both my first assembly and the third-party assembly in my second
> > output directory, but I don't.
> >
> > Why?
>
> Because "Copy Local" is not recursive. Just set a direct reference from the
> other project to the Third-Party project, and it will be copied too.
>
> With Assemblies A,B and C
> A --references--> B --references--> C
>
> When you build A, B will be copied but C will not. But you can always add a
> direct reference from A to C just so the Visual Studio can keep track of the
> dependency and copy C into A's bin directory on build.
>
> David
>
>
>