Reference GAC assemblies from web.config

Wednesday, June 9, 2004

How to reference assemblies in the Global Assembly Cache from your web.config (no dll's are needed in bin):

<system.web>
   <compilation>
       <assemblies>
          <add assembly="MNissen.DataControls, Version=1.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=e21df62f5c740a13"  />
          <add assembly="Web, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=e21df62f5c740a13"  />
          <add assembly="Services, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=e21df62f5c740a13"  />
          <add assembly="Core, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=e21df62f5c740a13"  />
          <add assembly="Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.ExceptionManagement, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=e21df62f5c740a13"  />
    </assemblies>
    </compilation>
</system.web>

How can I tell what the version number, culture and publicKeyToken of any given Assembly is?

Peter carwell - Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:46:00 AM

Check out the C:\WINDOWS\assembly folder...

Mads - Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:50:00 AM

But how can I be sure if the same version will be there in the production environment. Also What if some other version is there in the production environment.

Vikram - Monday, July 30, 2007 6:32:58 AM

Where in the hell is web.config?

Chadwick Tuto - Friday, June 26, 2009 12:46:35 AM

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