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BuildManager::AddReferencedAssembly Method

Adds an assembly to the application's set of referenced assemblies.

Namespace:  System.Web.Compilation
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
static void AddReferencedAssembly(
	Assembly^ assembly
)

Parameters

assembly
Type: System.Reflection::Assembly
The assembly to add.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

The assembly parameter is nullptr or empty.

InvalidOperationException

The method was not called before the Application_Start event in the Global.asax file occurred.

Calling this method is equivalent to adding the assembly to the application-level Web.config file. The method must be called during the Application_PreStartInit stage of the application.

The GetReferencedAssemblies method will return the set of assemblies that are determined from configuration files and any assemblies that were added by using this method.

If an attempt is made to add an assembly that has already been added, the duplicate entry is ignored.

This method must be called before the Application_Start event in the Global.asax file occurs.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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