Chapter 6

rvanandel · January 7th, 2010, 04:10 PM

I followed the steps to create the ApplicationEventReceiver and the console application to deploy the solution, but the console app is throwing an exception. I am guessing it's the way I'm referring to my assembly.

Code:

Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Could not load file or assembly 'ApplicationEventReceiver, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinition.ValidAssembly()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinition.ValidReceiverFields()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinition.UpdateInternal(Boolean isMi
gration)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinition.Update()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinitionCollection.Add(SPEventReceiv
erType receiverType, String assembly, String className)
   at ConsoleApplication3.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Documents and Settings\robbert.vanandel\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\ConsoleApplication3\Program.cs:line 20

How do I refer the console application to my ApplicationEventReceiver. I have the applicationeventreceiver inside the ApplicationEventReceiver namespace:

Code:

namespace ApplicationEventReceiver
{
    class ApplicationEventReceiver : SPItemEventReceiver

and my console application looks like this:

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SPSite site = new SPSite("http://oriontest/hiringmanagement/");
            SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
            SPList list = web.Lists["Applicant"];

            string assemblyName = "ApplicationEventReceiver, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6ac52d8504a20881";
            string className = "ApplicationEventReceiver.ApplicationEventReceiver";

            list.EventReceivers.Add(SPEventReceiverType.ItemAdded, assemblyName, className);

            Console.WriteLine(" - Registered - ");
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

Your help is appreciated.

rvanandel · January 7th, 2010, 04:36 PM

Found the answer. Even though the deployment section implies that the console application will deploy the assembly to the GAC, that is not the case. I deployed my code to the GAC and then ran the console application to resolve this issue.