System.Speech.dll inaccessible?

[Exergist]

Normally it is easy to add the .NET 4.5 assembly System.Speech.dll as a reference in VS. However I found that this same dll "could not be found" when it is added as a referenced assembly in a VA inline function. Placing the DLL in the VA root folder fixes this issue, though I am surprised that it cannot be found natively.

Where is VA typically looking for libraries?

[Gary]

Global assembly cache (GAC) :  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1268342/what-is-the-gac-in-net

[Exergist]

Thanks for that!

Interesting that something as basic as System.Speech is not in the GAC...or maybe it's just my Windows 7 PC 

Either way that means I'll need to add a permanent function for copying a library from my App folders as needed. Thanks!

[Gary]

System.Speech.dll is in my GAC ->  C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\...

Win10 64

[Exergist]

I noticed that on my Windows 7 PC System.Speech IS present, but it is v 3.0.0.0. IIRC doesn't VA required v4.0+?

[Gary]

v3 of that assembly doesn't necessarily mean that it's using v3 of the .net framework.  Also, v4.5 of the .net framework can consume assemblies of earlier versions (but not later ones).