Instantiating a .NET class with a reference to a dll causes FileNotFoundException

Question

I've added as reference PDFSharp classes for a project. When I tried to use a method in a class that includes PDFSharp libraries I get a FileNotFoundException that states I'm missing the referenced (PDFSharp) file (while I can assure you the dll file is there).

So I've tried adding and readding and changing the dll version, but still without success. So I switched to PDFClown, a similar purpose library, but the error is the same: FileNotFoundException at runtime.

The exception is thrown even before the method is executed.

Calling method (where the exception is thrown):

//method call: here the debugger stops at the breakpoint
ReportUtils.CreateFile(tempDirectoryPath ecc);

Called method:

using org.pdfclown.documents;
using org.pdfclown.documents.contents.composition;
using org.pdfclown.documents.contents.fonts;
using clownFiles = org.pdfclown.files;

class ReportUtils
{
    public static void CreateFile(/*parameters*/)
    {
             //the debugger never enter here: the exception is thrown before
             string filename = Settings.ReportFileName + String.Format("{0:yyyyMMddHHmmssffff}", DateTime.Now);
             //ecc
    }
//...

Why is this exception showing up? Am I doing something wrong adding the references?

Answer 1

I could reproduce your issue by setting the option Copy Local on my library to false. Please, make sure this boolean is set to true..