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My ASP.NET application uses some 3rd assembl开发者_Go百科y. What are my options to make the application load that assembly? Do I have to put it in the GAC? I don't want to modify the machine's PATH env variable...

You can put it into your application folder (best solution) or add a codebase tag in your web config like explained in this msdn entry:

<configuration>
 <runtime>
  <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
     <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="MyAssembly2"  culture="neutral" publicKeyToken="307041694a995978"/>
        <codeBase version="1.0.1524.23149" href="FILE://C:/Myassemblies/MyAssembly2.dll"/>
     </dependentAssembly>
  </assemblyBinding>
 </runtime>
</configuration>

Add it to the GAC only if you want to share that assembly.

Is your assembly strongly named?

You can either put it in the GAC or reference it in your web.config (using a <codeBase> element according to this MSDN article.

If not

The assembly has to live in the bin folder of your web application.