How to add satellite assemblies to a project in Visual Studio.

Question

Hello,

I'm working in a project which references assemblies from a third company. These assemblies have satellite assemblies that I'm copying with a post-build event to the bin folder.

Is There a way to include those third party satellite assemblies into the project so I have not to care with the post-build events and maintaining the files?

Thanks in advance.

MORE INFORMATION: As the references have only resources they are not added as project references, actually I'm just copying them to the // folder. As each localized reference has the same name I would only be able to add it one time to the project's references.

Answer 1

It is automatic in the C# IDE. Setting Copy Local = True on the assembly reference ensures that the satellite assemblies get copied as well. In the C++ IDE it is a setting: Framework + References, Build properties category, "Copy Local Satellite Assemblies".

There's not enough info in your question to narrow down which IDE you use or why it wouldn't work for you. Maybe that 3rd party is doing something non-standard. Give them a call.

Answer 2

In the references, right click and select properties on your reference to the third party assembly.

Ensure that "copy local" is true.

If this is true, then it should copy the satellite assemblies, as this is the behavior I've experienced in Visual Studio.