Using two libraries with the same name in one project

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Albert Greinöcker

Hi NG,

I have a problem using two dlls in c# via COM which have the same name (and
namespace structure, also the classmodel is identical), they just differ in
their Version, but I want to use them both in my Application. As a
workaround I tried to generate two extra projects for each dll (which should
serve as something like a "wrapper") and set dependencies (these two
projects) in my main project. And now the problem comes up: Visual studio
copies just one of the dlls to the debug-directory of the main application,
and uses just this one (so the functionality of the second dll gets lost).

I know this problem is a bit hard to describe, but I hope someone
understands what's going on and can give me some hints. Maybe one solution
would be to instruct Visual Studio to copy the dlls in different
directories, but I don't know how to do so :-(

Another question which fits into this topic: how can I define some
post-compilation steps (e.g. after compilation, copy the dll to a special
destination folder) in Visual Studio, because this could eventually solve my
problem?

Thanks,
Albert
 
Albert,
I have a problem using two dlls in c# via COM which have the same name (and
namespace structure, also the classmodel is identical), they just differ in
their Version, but I want to use them both in my Application.
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If you use Tlbimp to generate interop assemblies for the COM
libraries, you can specify different output filenames and namespaces.

Another question which fits into this topic: how can I define some
post-compilation steps (e.g. after compilation, copy the dll to a special
destination folder) in Visual Studio, because this could eventually solve my
problem?
Click to expand...

In the Project properties dialog, under Common Properties, Build
Events.



Mattias
 
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