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Cannot Register Assembly - Using Managed Assembly Without A Strong Name

I am almost through with my project and I need to register it in the GAC.

Problem is I am referencing a managed assembly created by an outside company and this referenced assembly does not have a strong name.

Therefore I am unable to create a strong name for my project (I.e. I cannot create a strong name for my assemble unless all "managed" assemblies it refenences also have a strong name).

Is there any work around in a situation like this?

Bob Learned

1) Are you dealing with COM interop assemblies?

2) Are getting an error like this?

PRB: "Assembly Generation Failed" Error Message When You Try to Build a Managed DLL Without a Strong Name
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313666

If so, then the solution is shown in the article for VB.NET and C#.

Bob

Sling_Blade

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Thanks for the response and I have already found the article you linked to. :-)

The assembly is a .net managed assembly.

My problem is that the assembly is created from an outside company therefore i cannot recompile it, therefore I cannot give it a strong name.

What I am after is a work around, if one exists.

I doubt one exists but I thought I'd give it a try.

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victorcook

Another solution is to load the assembly and call its methods dynamically. It's a hassle to do this, but it is the only work-around I am aware of.