VB.net Reference path changes depending on 32 or 64 bit system

Question

I am building a program in VB.net which uses a program called Grapher (Golden Software) to make graphs.

On my computer (64 bit), it works perfectly, and the reference in my project is to Program Files (x86)\GoldenSoftware\...

However, in my colleague's computer (32 bit), it doesn't work. I think it is because of the way it is referenced in my project. On their computer, it is located in Program Files\GoldenSoftware\...

Is there a way I can:

Change the reference path on runtime
Add both references to my project and only use the one which exists
Do something even better?

Thanks.

copy both dlls to your exe dir, rename appropriately and use something like this? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1997268/how-to-reference-different-version-of-dll-with-msbuild/1998436 — stijn, Jun 23 '14 at 11:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 23 '14 at 10:58

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Some options are:

Install the assembly into the same folder as the exe
Install the assembly into the Global Assembly Cache
Specify codeBase tags in the application config file
Use the AssemblyResolve event

For details of items 2 -4 see this microsoft document: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837908

answered Jun 23 '14 at 10:58

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Thanks Matt. It turns out that the colleague had a "broken" version of Grapher which didn't even have the dll I needed. All we had to do was copy the GoldenSoftware from x86 to non-x86. – Sastreen Jun 23 '14 at 11:08

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '14 at 11:27

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It turns out that the colleague had a "broken" version of Grapher which didn't even have the dll I needed.

All we had to do was copy the GoldenSoftware folder from program files (x86) to non-x86 program files.

answered Jul 08 '14 at 11:27

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VB.net Reference path changes depending on 32 or 64 bit system

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