ASP.NET 2.0:1, Bil:0

I just spent the better part of the evening chasing down the dumbest error I've ever seen. ASP.NET decided to litter my web.config file in a web app I'm setting up with a reference to stdole.dll (not a web dll nor is it anything I reference directly or even need). I finally tracked down someone who came up with a resolution and explanation here.

Of course I couldn't figure out which assembly that was causing the problem, so I just threw my GAC'd version of stdole.dll into the bin folder of the website. I'm using a few dlls including Enterprise Libraries, but nothing fancy. In any case, if you ever see this crazy message when deploying a website:

Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'stdole, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

You might want to check out the link above. Either a) manually edit the web.config file [which I'm sure I'll forget one of these days during deployment] or b) toss the file into your bin directory or c) hunt down the culprit and set "Specific Version" to false.

Man, what a @!#!!!%!&! PITA this stupid, stupid, stupid thing is. I'm not sure if I'm peeved at MS for coming up with such a wonderful design, or for me for killing my brain all night over it. Now I feel as foolish as this and this.

Sigh, I need a hug (or a beer, not sure which).

1 Comment

  • Hi, I am ravi kiran.
    I need some help. I am posting the question becos.. i don't know where to post.

    I am working with GridView Control..on SelectedIndexChanged event it is returning null value for GridView.SelectedValue.

    it was working fine in other pages.

    please help me to sort out this problem

    thanks in advance.
    Ravi Kiran
    ravikiran5455@hotmail.com

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