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Updating Dnn Dll Files

6/12/2015 10:09 AM

michael

Joined: 3/5/2015

Posts: 62

Updating Dnn Dll Files

So this week I have run into a sea of dll problems with dnn. I'm building a module based off another MVC project that uses routes. Specifically the dll's it uses that in conflict are Newtonsoft.Json (which is supposed to be fixed on the v8 release and is a known problem), System.Net.Http, System.Net.HttpFormatting, System.Web.Http, and System.Web.Http.WebHost. The last one if updated causes the add new module tab to stop functioning. I thought I'd work around this and referenced the old versions of these in my project however the code I'm working with requires a much more updated versions to function. Is there no way to use the dll without overwriting the one required for dnn to function properly?

Thanks.

6/15/2015 1:30 PM

Aderson Oliveira

Joined: 12/28/2009

Posts: 1011

Re: Updating Dnn Dll Files

Hi Michael,

The other day I had a similar problem and after some research I found out that you can run multiple versions of the same DLL within different folders by adding the following inside the assemblyBinding definition within the web.config:

I hope this code comes across properly. With this definition, the proper DLL will be loaded for your module based on the version it requires. You can use this as a reference for your own needs.

Not sure if there is a better way but I was very happy when I found out this would actually work.

Best regards,

Aderson