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Asked: 2026-05-12T17:22:35+00:00

I’m trying to add a reference to the GAC version of System.Xml in a

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I’m trying to add a reference to the GAC version of System.Xml in a Visual Studio 2008 web site project. I right-click the project icon in the Solution Explorer, and click Property Pages. Under the References tree option, I click the ‘Add’ button on the right. I navigate to System.Xml in the .NET tab, and double click it (the Path it lists for System.Xml, C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.XML.dll, DOES exist). The dialog disappears, but… System.Xml does not get added as a reference! The list just stays the same.

I tried adding another .NET reference just to make sure others could be added OK, I added System.Web.RegularExpressions and it added fine. What on earth could be causing it not to add System.Xml?

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    Well it looks like it might have had something to do with my trying to add a .cs file to a project where the rest of the files were in vb.net. Hmph, I thought one of the major benefits of .NET was you could easily mix languages. Oh well, I removed that and added these lines into my web.config file:

    <add namespace="System.Xml"/>

    and

    <add assembly="System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>

    and now it compiles OK. I can access System.Xml from within VB code, so it looks like I’ll have to translate the class I had from C# to VB.net. Hmph.

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