Cannot Add JSON.NET DLL

Siavash Mortazavi asked on February 16, 2016 22:04

Hi,

I'm trying to add the JSON.NET 3rd party dll to the my Kentico project (I right click the Bin folder and choose add reference).When I do this, I see this page in my browser:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5h41uO0sWKySkJWZ2FqYWFJVXc/view?usp=sharing

My website is running on ASP.NET 4.0 and I have tried all versions of the assembly (3.0, 4.0, 4.5), but for all I'm seeing the error message above.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks, Sia

dll assembly

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Brenden Kehren answered on February 17, 2016 07:20

In the default web.config there is a reference to Newtonsoft version 4.5. This is also a reference in the /CMSDependencies/Newtonsoft.Json.4.5.0.0 directory. Remove that dll, the web.config reference and the .dll in your bin directory, then use the NuGet package manager as Roman states to add back the version you wish.

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Siavash Mortazavi answered on February 16, 2016 22:07

BTW, same .dll is working fine on my local ASP.NET project.

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Roman Hutnyk answered on February 16, 2016 22:51

I'd recommend adding it with Nuget package manager/console.

Check you web.config file: there should be appropriate section added - make sure everything is correct there.

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Siavash Mortazavi answered on February 17, 2016 15:48

Thanks for replies, now the .dll is imported correctly.

Now the other important question is: How can I push the dll to production website? (The original website is live, and this is a new feature I'm adding, and I'm working on my local copy on my machine.)

I think since now the dll is placed correctly, I can just copy the file and update the web.config, right?

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Brenden Kehren answered on February 18, 2016 21:41

Technically speaking your instructions sound correct. I'm unsure if you have a precompiled website or not but you may need to precompile it prior to deploying it.

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Siavash Mortazavi answered on February 19, 2016 13:46

Brenden, Thanks for the reply.

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