How do I reference a DLL in my C# but not a specific version?

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I've got different versions of toolkits from a supplier, when I've built my app with an earlier version I cannot just simply swap out the DLL for the later version as my application complains and throws errors.

It's not an issue with the functionality of the toolkit as if I remove the older version and add the newer one without any further changes I can compile it and it will work with the newer version.

Which errors? Is it a signed assembly? – Adriano Repetti Jun 07 '16 at 20:34 — Adriano Repetti, Jun 07 '16 at 20:34

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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Edit your csproj and add <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion> in the reference xml node.

<Reference Include="Foo, Version=1.2.3.4, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
  <SpecificVersion>True</SpecificVersion>
  <HintPath>..\..\Bar\Foo.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>

Here's a great explanation (from which I took the above sample): https://stackoverflow.com/a/24022135/578843

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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How do I reference a DLL in my C# but not a specific version?

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