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  P4tr1k

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  Add .NET 4.5 Assembly As Reference

  Jul 17, 2014 06:00 AM|P4tr1k|LINK

  Hey *,

  My goal is to add a reference of my ASP.NET vNext project to the NET 4.5 MySql.Data DLL from oracle. 

  I read that this should be possible.

  I put it to in a NuGet package, compiled it successfully after add to project.json, but cant use it in my classes.  Anything there is wrong.

  Is there a guideline how to add dll DLL references? 
  I searched a lot until now, but haven't had found anything.

  Best regards

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  imran_ku07

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  Re: Add .NET 4.5 Assembly As Reference

  Jul 19, 2014 03:35 PM|imran_ku07|LINK

  Yes VNext is package base. You can add MySql.Data package in your project.json inside net45 dependencies instead of root dependencies, for example,

  {
      "dependencies": {
          "EntityFramework.SqlServer": "7.0.0-alpha2",
          "Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc": "6.0.0-alpha2",
          "Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework": "3.0.0-alpha2",
          "Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Authentication": "3.0.0-alpha2",
          "Microsoft.AspNet.Security.Cookies": "1.0.0-alpha2",
          "Microsoft.AspNet.Server.IIS": "1.0.0-alpha2",
          "Microsoft.AspNet.Server.WebListener": "1.0.0-alpha2",
          "Microsoft.AspNet.StaticFiles": "1.0.0-alpha2",
          "Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel.Json": "1.0.0-alpha2",
          "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.Loader": "14.0-alpha2"
         
      },
      "commands": {
          /* Change the port number when you are self hosting this application */
          "web": "Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting --server Microsoft.AspNet.Server.WebListener --server.urls http://localhost:5000"
      },
      "configurations": {
          "net451" : {
              "dependencies": {
                  "MySql.Data -Version": "6.7.5"
              }
          },
          "k10" : { }
      }
  }
  

  and then you can write your net451 specific code as

  #if NET45
        // Here      
  #endif

  The reason is that VS targets both k10 and net451 when you build your app. See this link for details,

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24215284/cannot-add-nuget-packages-to-asp-net-vnext-project

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  Re: Add .NET 4.5 Assembly As Reference

  Aug 01, 2014 05:39 AM|P4tr1k|LINK

  Thanks for great, comprehensive response.

  I can compile my project now, but cannot switch to the .NET 4.5 mode so that he don't jumps into the 

  #if NET45

  area.

  Any idea or is it perhaps a early bug? I'm using the CTP 14.0.21901.1DP version.

  Project Properties:
  Configuration: Debug
  Active Target Framework: .NET Framework 4.5.1

   

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  Re: Add .NET 4.5 Assembly As Reference

  Aug 03, 2014 04:39 AM|davidfowl|LINK

  Does your project.json have net451 or net45?

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  Re: Add .NET 4.5 Assembly As Reference

  Aug 03, 2014 01:38 PM|P4tr1k|LINK

  net451. I switched to 45 but it hasn't had no effect. 

  With the NuGet packaging tool I retrieve the following message:

  'MySql.Data' could not be installed because it is not be compatible with any projects in your solution.

  The package targets the following frameworks:

  2.0 - 4.5

  Now I have 4.5.1 due to cannot compile with 4.5. But the DLL has to be backward compatible right?