First, some clarification about terminology: Assemblies are DLLs. The "built-in" ones that come with .NET are typically stored in a special location known as the "GAC" or "Global Assembly Cache". As such, you don't need to specify where they are exactly, because that's a standard place where IronPython or C# knows to look.
System.Windows is a namespace. Any given namespace may have members in multiple assemblies. In part, that's because there isn't really a namespace "object" in .NET; it's merely a naming convention for types that we've all agreed to follow. So the fundamental unit that you're probably concerned with is a type. Types are indeed located in assemblies, and you need to reference the appropriate assembly in order to use the types contained therein. Probably the easiest way to find which assembly a particular type is located in is to search MSDN -- both Google and Bing do a good at this. Let's say I want to find which assembly contains the type FrameworkElement. I simply search for "FrameworkElement site:microsoft.com" and the first hit will generally be the one I want. Near the very top of that page, it tells me "Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)". So if I want to use FrameworkElement, that's the assembly I need to reference. Is this the information you're looking for? On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Funke, Matt <matt.fu...@vishaypg.com>wrote: > Perhaps more generally, so that I don't keep bothering people with annoying > questions like these: is there a place where the locations of various > assemblies is documented, so that if I need a particular assembly I can go > to the correct library to find it? > > Thank you for your time and patience. > > -- Matt Funke > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users- > > boun...@lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Funke, Matt > > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:59 AM > > To: Discussion of IronPython > > Subject: [IronPython] Missing Framework Libraries > > > > Once again, it's a rank newbie question, I'm afraid. > > > > I've been trying to duplicate some of Re.Mark's work(*) to get at some > > Visual Studio functionality. Regrettably, though, my installation of > > VS 2010 doesn't seem to recognize the System.Windows namespace; > > moreover, when I try to look for it under Project -> Add Reference..., > > it doesn't show up (though some of its sub-namespaces do). Can someone > > point me at a resource to find out where one can go to get missing > > namespaces, and how to integrate them into VS 2010? > > > > Thanks again for any help you can offer. > > > > -- Matt Funke > > > > (*) Look at this C# sample that he uses as a code base: > > http://remark.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/an-introduction-to-wpf-with- > > ironpython/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > Users@lists.ironpython.com > > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.ironpython.com > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com >
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