I want to use a .net assembly from an Biztalk 2004 orchestration. What are
the steps I need to do, so that I can reference the assembly from a
expression shape within an orchestration ?

Some extra information:
(1) The .net assembly (Helper.dll) requires another assembly to function
(CodeLib.dll)
(2) Both assemblies are strongly typed
(3) Both assemblies were developed in VS 2003 on another PC to the Biztalk
orchestration

Thanks,
Craig

[ Post a follow-up to this message ]

You have to add both assemblies to the GAC of the BizTalk box.

[ Post a follow-up to this message ]

Thanks.

After doing that, I tried to add a reference to my Biztalk project, but my
Helper.dll assembly was not in the .NET tab of the Add Reference dialog box.
Is there a problem with that or should I just browse to the dll in the
C:\Windows\Assembly folder ?

[ Post a follow-up to this message ]

I guess that there is no problem...

Assemblies are not automatically added to the list in the 'Add reference'
dialog box. If you want to add your assembly, just follow this link:
http://bencops.blogspot.com/2004/06...bly-in-add.html

For assemblies that are not displayed in the list (which probably most of
our assemblies are!), you can just browse the dll-file in the project
directory (NOT in the gac... which I don't think it is possible!).

Hope this helped! Good luck!

"Craig HB" wrote:

> Thanks.
>
> After doing that, I tried to add a reference to my Biztalk project, but my
> Helper.dll assembly was not in the .NET tab of the Add Reference dialog bo
x.
> Is there a problem with that or should I just browse to the dll in the
> C:\Windows\Assembly folder ?

[ Post a follow-up to this message ]

Thanks for that, Samuel.

That is exactly what I was after and that link is helpful too

[ Post a follow-up to this message ]