Referenced DLL is copied to output directory but not included in ClickOnce deployment

Question

I'm having trouble deploying QuickTime references using ClickOnce in VS2010. The app runs just fine when run locally, but not when deployed. I tracked it down to a missing DLL during installation.

These are the included references in my project:

AxQTOControlLib
QTOControlLib
QTOLibrary

When I publish my app, it creates:

AxInterop.QTOControlLib.dll.deploy
Interop.QTOControlLib.dll.deploy
Interop.QTOLibrary.dll.deploy

The problem is when I actually install the app Interop.QTOLibrary.dll.deploy is nowhere to be found in the installation directory.

The other thing I noticed is in Publish -> Application Files, Interop.QTOLibrary.dll is not listed.

I've tried adjusting the Isolated value but that doesn't have an affect. I also tried manually including Interop.QTOLibrary.dll but then I hit hash mismatch issues.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

After several hours of fiddling, I got it working.

The fix was to set Copy Local = true and Isolated = true for all 3 QuickTime references.

I also manually included a copy of Interop.QTOLibrary.dll but set Build Action = None and Copy to Output = Never per these instructions: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformssetup/thread/fcb2008b-e442-4c49-aa7a-0acb1ef0e210. Not sure if that helped though.