Cannot add System.Web.dll reference

c# .net visual-studio-2010 assemblies system.web
JoeR picture JoeR · Sep 18, 2010 · Viewed 81.5k times · Source

I'm trying to use the HTTP functions contained in the System.Web.dll assembly. However, whilst the dll seems to exist in the same directory as every other dll Visual Studio 2010 references in my project, it fails to link in and raises a warning - "The referenced component 'System.Web' could not be found". The dll, however, is definitely there within the same folder as all others referenced by the project and selecting it in 'browse for reference' mode allows me to add it - it then fails to fill in the 'Path' property. Am I doing something wrong? How can I make System.Web available in my project?

Any help is much appreciated!

Edit: I don't have any reference to System.Web in the .Net tab of the 'Add Reference' window.

Answer

Nei picture Nei · Jul 15, 2011

For people that cant find "System.Web" at .Net References, this might be the answer:

"you need to right-click the project -> properties -> then change the "Target framework" which will probably be ".NET Framework 4 Client Profile" to just ".NET Framework 4".

The answer was given by Tinister (thanks) as a reply to a previuos post. But I thought it was a little bit hidden at his original post. So i put it here to make it easer to be seen. Hope it helps.

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