Can't reference Assemblies in GAC?

[Nick]

I've just created a simple class library, gave it a strong name using
sn.exe, then copied it to c:\winnt\assembly directory. I then created an
ASP client that reference that assembly. The client works only works if I
have the assembly under the ASP client's \bin directory, even though it's
also in GAC. Does anyone know what the problem is?

I got the following error:

File or assembly name <xxxx>, or one of its dependencies, was not found.

The assembly load trace does not seem to include the directory
"c:\winnt\assembly". Does it not always look for the assembly in GAC?

Thanks in advance.
Nick

[Guru Prasad]

Not sure if you got a response elsewhere. Anyways, an attempt will be made
to look in the GAC, only if you reference the assembly by the full name -
like so "MyCo.MyAssembly, Version=1.0.1175.28478,
Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=5378d68701e60agd"
If you have partial references and don't (cannot) want to change, you can
use qualifyAssembly element in Web.Config to redirect partial-name assembly
requests to full-name requests which then get redirected to GAC.

"Nick" <nicktu@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've just created a simple class library, gave it a strong name using
> sn.exe, then copied it to c:\winnt\assembly directory. I then created an
> ASP client that reference that assembly. The client works only works if I
> have the assembly under the ASP client's \bin directory, even though it's
> also in GAC. Does anyone know what the problem is?
>
> I got the following error:
>
> File or assembly name <xxxx>, or one of its dependencies, was not found.
>
> The assembly load trace does not seem to include the directory
> "c:\winnt\assembly". Does it not always look for the assembly in GAC?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Nick
>
>