Dependencies not downloaded

[Jaco De Villiers]

Hi, I am deploying my first Silverlight application and get the following exception on the client. (StackStrace excluded).  I have selected to minimize the size by not including dependencies.  It seems that the download location of the dependencies are incorrect.  I have traversed all configuration files, but could not see a place where i can specify the deployed location for the dependencies.

Please help...

Regards
Jaco

System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'Telerik.Windows.Controls, Version=2010.3.1314.1040, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7' or one of its dependencies. The requested assembly version conflicts with what is already bound in the app domain or specified in the manifest

[Tina Stancheva]

Hello Jaco De Villiers,

Can you please elaborate on your issue? You said that you have selected to minimize the size by not including dependencies? Can you please elaborate on that? Are you using the Application Library Caching option? Or are you using different methods to minimize the size of your XAP?

Also, you can have a look at this blog post that examines different way to reduce your XAP.

All the best,
Tina Stancheva
the Telerik team

[Jaco De Villiers]

Hi Tina,

I used the "Reduce XAP size by using applicatoin library caching" option in VS2010.  When the application is deployed then all the Silverlight assemblies (some others too) are copied to the client bin as zip files.

When I run the application then the error "System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'Telerik.Windows.Controls, ...." message appears.  

If I remove the check from the option mentioned above, then the XAP file size (clientbin) increases to 3MB (All references embedded). Then the application run as expected

Regards
Jaco 

[Tina Stancheva]

Hello Jaco De Villiers,

Can you check the AppManifest.xaml - the file that identifies the packaged assemblies and the application entry point. Under the :

<Deployment.ExternalParts>
  ....
</Deployment.ExternalParts>

you can find the reference paths of the ExtensionParts created by the Application Library Caching. This will allow you to check whether the application can access these paths and whether the zipped assemblies are actually placed in those folders.

Also, does the exception occur only when you deploy the application or can it be reproduced locally as well, while running the project by hitting F5?

You can have a look at this article describing how to work with Application Library Caching and at this blog post. That might also hep you narrow down the reason for this issue.

Regards,
Tina Stancheva
the Telerik team