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    copied!<p>I am sorry if this is stupid questions, but i've spend two days on this, and can't get it to work. Here's what I did:</p> <ol> <li>Create a new class library project</li> <li>Added a simple method <code>sayHi()</code> that returns a string </li> <li>In the project properties checked "sign the assembly" and used a strong name key file</li> <li>Compiled the application and copied the DLL to c:\windows\assemblies (and i also tried using the gacutil tool with similar results)</li> <li>Added the following to machine.config <code>&lt;compilation&gt;&lt;assemblies&gt;&lt;add assembly="gacTestClass, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31418215e131202e" /&gt;</code>. This works just fine, because if i misspell the assembly name, any .net app will fail and complain about that line. </li> <li>Using the assembly cache viewer in the .NET framework configuration tool i can see the assembly in the cache. </li> <li>Now, when i try to use that, my app fails when i do either <code>using gacTestClass</code> or <code>gacTestClass.gacTest.sayHi()</code>. I get an error saying that the type or namespace could not be found. </li> </ol> <p>Any help is appreciated. </p> <p>EDIT:</p> <p>Ok, i followed a suggestion and I will try to make this work with web.config, rather than machine.config. </p> <p>I added the following to my web.config <code>&lt;compilation&gt;&lt;assemblies&gt;&lt;add assembly="gacTestClass, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31418215e131202e" /&gt;</code> and made sure that it works by misspelling the name, and watching the app fail. Now, when I try to add <code>using gacTestClass</code> to the top of my .cs file, i get an error saying that the type or namespace could not be found. </p> <p>Just in case, here's the code the for the gacTestClass</p> <pre><code>using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Reflection; [assmbly:AssemblyKeyFile("sayHi.snk")] namespace gacTestClass { public class gacTest { public string sayHi() { return "Hello there!"; } } } </code></pre>
 

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