Unneeded references

[Sheila Jones]

Hi,

Is there a way to detemine which references in a VB.Net project are no
longer required? The compiler doesn't seem to do this - it just copies all
the references to the assembly's manifest.

The only way I have found so far is to remove each reference in turn and
attempt a recompile. If it compiles OK, the reference was obviously
unneeded.

Thanks.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* Sheila Jones <sh****************@btopenworld.com> scripsit:

Is there a way to detemine which references in a VB.Net project are no
longer required? The compiler doesn't seem to do this - it just copies all
the references to the assembly's manifest.

There is no direct way to do that. AFAIK, in .NET 2.0, only references
are added to the assembly's manifest if they are needed.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

One way could be to remove the references one by one, compile and then check
for errors, no errors, then remove reference

--

OHM ( Terry Burns )
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Time flies when you don't know what you're doing

"Sheila Jones" <sh****************@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

Is there a way to detemine which references in a VB.Net project are no
longer required? The compiler doesn't seem to do this - it just copies all the references to the assembly's manifest.

The only way I have found so far is to remove each reference in turn and
attempt a recompile. If it compiles OK, the reference was obviously
unneeded.

Thanks.

[Chris Dunaway]

> Is there a way to detemine which references in a VB.Net project are no

longer required? The compiler doesn't seem to do this - it just copies all

Although this doesn't help you now, In VS2005, there is an option in the
project property pages to list the unused refereces and a button to remove
them.
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Chris

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"Chris Dunaway" <"dunawayc[[at]_lunchmeat_sbcglobal[dot]]net"> wrote in
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Is there a way to detemine which references in a VB.Net project are no
longer required? The compiler doesn't seem to do this - it just copies

all
Although this doesn't help you now, In VS2005, there is an option in the
project property pages to list the unused refereces and a button to remove
them.
--
Chris

dunawayc[AT]sbcglobal_lunchmeat_[DOT]net

To send me an E-mail, remove the "[", "]", underscores ,lunchmeat, and
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