>>Bonnie, I guess I "meant" solution. There's one project in the solution.
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>>I added the reference via the IDE by navigating to the folder containing the .DLL.
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>>I suppose that means that it's hard coded???
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>>If so is there a way that I can change that pathing on the production machine?
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>Well, I guess I shouldn't have said "you'll have problems", because it's a relatively easy thing to fix. You have two options once you move your solution to the production machine:
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>1) Manually modify the .proj file (outside of VS, with Notepad or something similar) to change the hard-coded path to the new path.
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>2) Open the solution once it's on your production machine. Remove the reference and then add it back in the same way you did when it was on your development machine (navigate to the folder containing the DLL).
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>I recommend Option #2 ... very easy, not error-prone. Don't know why I even mentioned Option #1. <g>
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>~~Bonnie

A third way I always use is to click on the reference so it is highlighted and then go to the property page. The path is right there in the properties and you can edit that. Then boom the exlamation goes away on the reference.
Tim