why can't reference System.Web.WebPages and System.Web.Razor in a WPF project?

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I need to use Razor Generator as described here in a WPF project but I can't add references to System.Web.WebPages and System.Web.Razor required by RAZOR Generator. are these dlls unavailable in WPF in general ? or I should change some configurations ?

why do you want to reference this assemblies in wpf project? — Kirill Bestemyanov, Oct 24 '12 at 18:41
Razor generator is for generating classes from cshtml files as far as i know. But in wpf application there is no such files. So i ask again why do you want to use it in your wpf application? — Kirill Bestemyanov, Oct 24 '12 at 18:52
@KirillBestemyanov : I want to create and save static html files using templates and user contents — mohsen dorparasti, Oct 24 '12 at 18:53
What is the target type of your WPF project? If .net 4.0 client profile change it to .net 4.0 and you should able to add the references. — nemesv, Oct 24 '12 at 18:58
How it is seen "can't add references to System.Web.WebPages and System.Web.Razor". Is there any error? I try it in my VS (2012) and it become referenced without problems. — Kirill Bestemyanov, Oct 24 '12 at 18:59
@nemesv : it was .net 4.0 client profile and I changed it to .net 4.0 but no difference . — mohsen dorparasti, Oct 24 '12 at 18:59
@KirillBestemyanov : I can't find them in the list of .NET dlls — mohsen dorparasti, Oct 24 '12 at 19:00

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '12 at 20:29

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answered Oct 24 '12 at 20:29

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no , I have vs 2010 .I don't know how but it is solved by adding RazorGenerator.Templating through NuGet ! thank you anyway – mohsen dorparasti Oct 24 '12 at 20:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

I don't know why , but by installing RazorGenerator.Templating through NuGet ,all errors disappear , and it's working now .

update :

I finally could find those dlls . the solution is :

1- first I changed target framework from .NET framework 4 client profile to .NET framework 4.

2- then scrolled down the list of .NET components , passed first list of system.web... , scrolled down , and I found a second list of system.web... at the bottom , they were there .

I hope this could help others

why can't reference System.Web.WebPages and System.Web.Razor in a WPF project?

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