shared assembly

Question

In shared assembly it is neccesary to register assembly in GAC?

Mike Gold · Answer

You don't have to register the assemblies in the GAC if you want to share them. You just need to let your project know where they can find the assemblies. You can also make local copies of the assemblies but I don't necessarily recommend this because versions can change. If you specify a CodeBase tag in your application to let the project know where the shared assembly is located you won't need to put it in the GAC Check out the following link to understand better how Microsoft looks for dependent assemblies. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/15hyw9x3.aspx To understand codebase's check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/efs781xb.aspx