Generally the GAC is used for locating assemblies at runtime, not for
referencing metadata at compile time. Thats why the system assemblies
are in the GAC but they can also be found in
WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705 or Program
Files\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies.
Ian
Thom
Thomas,
I just had to deal with this one myself, for that same DLL. For some reason
even when you use the fileset's "ASIS" attribute to force inclusion of the
dll, CSC does not get search the GAC for the reference. Which seems a
little odd, but I'm accepting that it's a good idea.
I can however