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"Could not load file or assembly" error when you compile a SDK application for Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011

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Symptoms

When you compile a Microsoft Dynamics SL Software Development Kit (SDK) application on a 64 bit workstation in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, you receive the following error:

Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_32/Interop.SAF/8.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/Interop.SAF.dll' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.


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Cause

There is an issue in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 on a 64 bit workstations where it incorrectly assumes various DLL files (such as Interop.SAF) are 64 bit when they are in fact 32 bit.

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Resolution

There are several options to work around this issue:

  1. Use a 32bit workstation to compile the Microsoft Dynamics SL Software Development Kit (SDK) application.
  2. Use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 instead
  3. Follow any of the three additional workarounds detailed in the following MSDN blog posting:
    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/06/19/resgen-exe-error-an-attempt-was-made-to-load-a-program-with-an-incorrect-format.aspx

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Article Info
Article ID : 2685054
Revision : 2
Created on : 2/3/2017
Published on : 2/3/2017
Exists online : False
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