Upgrading without recompiling...

[Baatezu]

I'm probably missing something simple, I miss those the best. :)

How do I upgrade to the latest version of the telerik controls without having to rebuild every module (I'm making modules for DNN) that uses telerik controls?

I assume there is some setting in Visual Studio 2008 that I am missing.
I have the "Specific Version" set to false for the Telerik.Web.UI reference, which is the only telerik DLL I reference. I had the set for the 515 version and the previous as well, but everything is broken when I upload all the files to upgrade.

Any suggestions would be great. I can't seem to find anything else on it. I could be missing something super simple and overly obvious, so if there are a couple things that need to be done, I'll probably need it pretty explicit. hehe

[Daniel]

Hi Baatezu,

Actually our controls use strong names for their assemblies (DLL files). This means that your project will be built against a specific Telerik build. If you want to update the Telerik assemblies without recompiling your project, you need to update the web application's Web.config file and add the appropriate <bindingRedirect> element in order to redirect calls for the old assembly version to the new one.

Greetings,
Daniel
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[Baatezu]

With the Q2 release, I've tried the described method, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. :(
This is the relevant section of the web.config

<runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <probing privatePath="bin;bin\HttpModules;bin\Providers;bin\Modules;bin\Support;" />
      <dependentAssembly>
            <assemblyIdentity name="Telerik.Web.UI"/>
            <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-65535.65535.65535.65535" newVersion="2008.2.723.20"/>
         </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
  </runtime>

Is there something I'm missing in this section, or anything else I need to do/add/ect?

[Daniel]

Hi Baatezu,

Could you please try to set PublicKeyToken to assemblyIdentity and give us feedback on the result?

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Daniel
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[Baatezu]

  <runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <probing privatePath="bin;bin\HttpModules;bin\Providers;bin\Modules;bin\Support;" />
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="Telerik.Web.UI" Culture="neutral" PublicKeyToken="121fae78165ba3d" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-65535.65535.65535.65535" newVersion="2008.2.723.20"/>
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
  </runtime>

This is what I have, and it still pops up the error that it can't find the 2008.1.619.20 version (which is what I compiled against)

Does what I have in my web.config look correct?

[Daniel]

Hi Baatezu,

Please note that web.config file is case-sensitive (as every XML file). Thus try to change Culture to culture and PublicKeyToken to publicKeyToken.
 
Let me know whether these directions are helpful.

Regards,
Daniel
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[Baatezu]

  <runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <probing privatePath="bin;bin\HttpModules;bin\Providers;bin\Modules;bin\Support;" />
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="Telerik.Web.UI" culture="neutral" publicKeyToken="121fae78165ba3d" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-65535.65535.65535.65535" newVersion="2008.2.723.20"/>
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
  </runtime>

and it still tells me
Could not load file or assembly 'Telerik.Web.UI, Version=2008.1.619.20, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=121fae78165ba3d4' or one of its dependencies

I hate to bring it up so late in the game - but recently I found another setting I had to add elsewhere in my web.config to accommodate IIS 7, specifically, which I have, running on Vista Ultimate.

Is there some different trick to get it to rebind in IIS 7?

[Daniel]

Hi Baatezu,

Excuse me if I am wrong, but could you please compare the publicKeyToken string in the error message and the one in the webconfig.

<assemblyIdentity name="Telerik.Web.UI" culture="neutral" publicKeyToken="121fae78165ba3d" />

Could not load file or assembly 'Telerik.Web.UI, Version=2008.1.619.20, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=121fae78165ba3d4' or one of its dependencies

I tested this again and I confirm that it is working properly.

Kind regards,
Daniel
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[Baatezu]

*hangs head* I'm not sure if it's ME stupid, or IIS stupid... It works now.
I had to place the <runtime> tag at the VERY END of the file, the last entry before the </configuration> tag. One of those little things. Other than that, it seems to be functioning now.

Thanks for the help.

[Param]

This seemed to work @Baatezu. Thanks!