May 29, 2002 - Composing the Assembly Search Path

Yehuda Shiran May 29, 2002
Composing the Assembly Search Path
Tips: May 2002

Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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You specify the assembly names explicitly with the /reference switch at the jsc.exe compilation command. You need to specify the assembly names only when you delete the automatic association between namespaces and assemblies, with the /autoref- (notice the minus sign) at the jsc.exe compilation command. The syntax is simple:

  /reference:file[;file2]
Here is an example for using the /reference switch:

  jsc /reference:metad1.dll;metad2.dll /out:out.exe input.js
The compiler searches for the assembly in the following order:

/lib.
  • Directories specified by the
    • LIB environment variable.

    Here is an example for using /lib:

      jsc /lib:c:\ /reference:t2.dll t2.js
    To learn more about JScript .NET, go to Column 109, JScript .NET, Part III: Classes and Namespaces.