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CRM plugin using Visual C# Express

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Posted on by Jon Wire 255

I have a really simple test plugin for CRM 4.0, written with C# Express 2008 -- It simply throws an exception when the user tries to create an Account.  When compiled with C# Express 2008, the plugin registers just fine.  However, I have recently migrated my work to a new development box and downloaded VS C# Express 2010.  Now, when I compile the plugin I get one of 2 IO error messages from the registration tool:

 

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Crm.Sdk' ... etc.

Assembly name ... <snip> ... cannot be parsed.

 

To clarify, I'm attempting to register these plugins against the same CRM instance on the same development server as before.  I am simply compiling with the 2010 version as opposed to the 2008 version of VS C# Express.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

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    Jon Wire 255 on at

    Could this be 32/64-bit related?  If so, where do I set the target platform -- can I even make that distinction in the express edition?

  • Jeremy Winchell Profile Picture
    Jeremy Winchell 1,165 on at

    Also, could this be an issue with .NET versions?  .NET 4.0 assemblies will not work with CRM 4.0, at least that is my understanding.

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    Jon Wire 255 on at

    My apologies -- I got this figured out and forgot I had a thread for the issue!

    I had to register the 64-bit SDK assemblies in my local GAC and reference the GAC'd ones in my project.  Odd, to some extent -- on the old PC, I had just referenced the assemblies in some random folder and it worked fine.  Perhaps I had them in the GAC, forgot I put them there, and inadvertently created an anomalous situation wherein the registration tool needed the assemblies in the GAC to be referred to specifically ... ?

    In any case, those were the resolution steps:

    1. register the 64-bit SDK assemblies

    2. change the references in my project to point to the assemblies in the GAC

    Fin.

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