Sharepoint "Could not load file or assembly" "The system cannot find the file specified"

c# sharepoint moss wss
John picture John · Aug 12, 2009 · Viewed 15.2k times · Source

I have added a reference to a dll (sharpPDF) to my .net project. In the code it has picked up the dll and I can use it. When I deploy by sharepoint webpart i get the following error:

Could not load file or assembly 'sharpPDF, Version=1.0.3511.18105, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=f099e668beaaa0f9' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the
file specified.

I am deploying the webapp by using STSDEV. I have tried clearing out C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files but this does not solve the problem.

Any ideas what could be going wrong?

Answer

Eric picture Eric · Aug 12, 2009

You need to make sure that the sharpPDF dll is registered in the GAC.

Go to %Windows%\assembly. If sharpPDFisn't there with version 1.0.3511.18105, you need to install it to the GAC on the server. Simply drag it into that folder in Windows Explorer, and it should install itself.

Related questions

get users by group in sharepoint

can anyone show me how to get the users within a certain group using sharepoint? so i have a list that contains users and or groups. i want to retrieve all users in that list. is there a way to …

Read More
Serialization in C# without using file system

I have a simple 2D array of strings and I would like to stuff it into an SPFieldMultiLineText in MOSS. This maps to an ntext database field. I know I can serialize to XML and store to the file system, …

Read More
SharePoint check in SPListItem

In sharepoint how can you check in an SPListItem?

Read More