How to set a reference to Act.Framework.Contacts

[rharper]

using Act.Framework.Contact;

produces this error: 

Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Contacts' does not exist in the namespace 'Act.Framework' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

[Tdavis]

Sounds like youre missing a ref to act.shared.collections.dll

Tom

[rharper]

Thanks Tom.

The dll you mention is in c:\windows\assembly.

I would have thought I could have found it in the Add Reference dialog .Net tab. But no.

It's visible where I unzipped the SDK.  Do I reference it there each time I do a project?

Or was there a step to make the ACT dlls in c:\windows\assembly visible to the "Add Reference" dialog?

[Tdavis]

All the assemblys are on the ACT! cd itself - you will need to copy them off there into a folder on your machine.

Tom

[rscherrer]

Just to answer your question because I recommend using the dlls from CD.

To add a reference to a project for an assembly in GAC which cannot be reached by using the "Add Refrence" Dialog I do the following:

1. Use a tool like GAC View (www.nirsoft.net / .Net Tools) to get the full path and filename of an assembly in the GAC.

(Double clicking the assembly displays the path +more)

2. Copy/Paste the file name/path to the dialog "Add Refrence" on tab "Browse"

[jimdurkin]

My method is to copy all the assembles from the CD and place them onto unique folders. I will have unique folder per ACT build.

I then reference the DLL from those folders giving me the ability to compile against versions of ACT that are not installed or in the GAC.

C:\DurkinComputing\ACT Assemblies\10.2.191\Act.UI.dll

BTW - Most recently I stopped compiling against 7.0.4 ( My first ACT version ) and I started compiling against 10.2 for obvious reasons.

Hope this helps

-- jim durkin