Possible Duplicate: How do i specify wcf behaviorExtension class type without the assembly version

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Possible Duplicate: How do i specify wcf behaviorExtension class type without the assembly version

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How do i specify wcf behaviorExtension class type without the assembly version number?

In my web application hosted on IIS7 I have a project X referencing project Y (project reference in VS2010). I’m trying to add behaviorExtensions with types from Y in X’s web.config without specifying version number.

I’m adding a behaviorExtension under System.ServiceModel.Extensions.

<behaviorExtensions>
<add name="serviceKeyBehavior" type="MyNS.ServiceSupport.ServiceKeyBehaviorExtensionElement, Analyst.API"/>
<add name="userNameClientCredentials" type="MyNS.ServiceSupport.UserNameClientCredentialsElement, Analyst.API" />
</behaviorExtensions>

I haven’t been able to make it work without specifying e.g.

Version=3.2.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

at the end of the type attribute.

Usually just leaving out the version info above works fine.

If I change
type="MyNS.ServiceSupport.ServiceKeyBehaviorExtensionElement, Analyst.API"

to

type="MyNS.ServiceSupport.ServiceKeyBehaviorExtensionElement, Analyst.API, Version=3.2.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"

(3.2.1.0 == Current DLL version), it works.

Otherwise it claims it doesn’t find the type:

An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for
system.serviceModel/behaviors: Extension element ‘serviceKeyBehavior’
cannot be added to this element. Verify that the extension is
registered in the extension collection at
system.serviceModel/extensions/behaviorExtensions. Parameter name:
element (C:\inetpub\wwwroot\xyz\web.config line 155)
Check eventlog (ID: 1265) for more information.

Any thoughts?