How to compile a C# DLL from command prompt that references additional assemblies?

Question

I have created a C# console application that contains the namespaces System and System.Data

Additionally, I have added Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.

When I try to compile from command prompt it shows the error as:

SqlSmoDiscovery.cs(3,27): error CS0234: The type or namespace name 'Management' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.SqlServer' (are you missing an assembly reference?) SqlSmoDiscovery.cs(4,27): error CS0234: The type or namespace name 'Management' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.SqlServer' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

But it compiles from Visual Studio.

I am compiling from command prompt to have output as pure C# dll.

My Project in g:

then i navigate to G:\SqlDisc:> csc /target:library /r Micrsoft.SqlServer.Smo.Dll

SqlSmoDiscovery.cs but it shows the erroe as

error CS0006: Metadata file 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll' could not be found

Answer 1

Use the /r flag to reference additional assemblies from the command line.

csc /target:library /r:OtherAssembly.dll Foo.cs

Answer 2

For more info, see the reference for the csc.exe tool.