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Cannot find missing reference

I am trying to copy code from one project to another. There is one problem however:

The type 'Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.Sql.SqlDatabase' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data, Version=3.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.

The problem is that I can't find Microsoft.Practices.* anywhere. Anyone know where I can find this file?

+3  A: 

you need to install EnterpriseLibrary.

From MSDN:

The Microsoft Enterprise Library is a collection of reusable software components (application blocks) designed to assist software developers with common enterprise development cross-cutting concerns (such as logging, validation, data access, exception handling, and many others). Application blocks are a type of guidance; they are provided as source code, test cases, and documentation that can be used "as is," extended, or modified by developers to use on complex, enterprise-level line-of-business development projects.

Vinay B R  2010-09-22 17:36:03
+1  A: 

See the 'Downloads' section here and choose "Enterprise Library 3.1 May 2007 (for .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0)."

Jeff Sternal  2010-09-22 17:36:06
The thing is though, in the other project that this code was from, it works. And its all on the same computer
0_o  2010-09-22 17:39:04
+3  A: 

If you're trying to copy code from a working project, then that code must already have a reference to Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data. Find the reference in Visual Studio and look at its properties.

Jon Skeet  2010-09-22 17:36:22
I must really be doing something wrong. I dont even see it listed in the other project :/
0_o  2010-09-22 17:41:15
Check references in your project. If it id listed there, right click to see properties which should give you the path from where the assembly is referenced.
Vinay B R  2010-09-22 17:51:34
I did. The only Microsoft references I saw were Microsoft.JScript and Microsoft.Web.Preview. Unless I am checking the references the wrong way (right clicking on the old project->Property Pages->References), I really dont know whats going on.
0_o  2010-09-22 17:58:06
@0_o: For most projects I don't right-click, I just expand the "References" node... what sort of project is this, and what version of Visual Studio are you using?
Jon Skeet  2010-09-22 18:24:29
One of the projects was a web site. With your comment about expanding the References node, I started looking at other nodes and found the library under the bin folder. Everything works now :)
0_o  2010-09-22 18:29:13

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