Adding a Reference to AppFabric Cache Client-Cache assemblies

[UPDATED May 2011]

We have now a much easier way to install and add a reference to AppFabric Client assemblies, using NuGet! 🙂

See: http://www.nuget.org/List/Packages/ServerAppFabric.Client

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In order to develop against AppFabric Cache, of course, you need to reference its Client-Cache assemblies.

You’d think it is a pretty straightforward action, but it is not. At least using current Beta and RC version, it is not like going to Visual Studio–>Add Reference—>Browse GAC assemblies, select it, and done?. Nope!.

And this is something I have to do again and again in different projects, so I thought it would be cool to have it stored here at my blog:

How to add a reference to Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Client:

1.    In VS, right click on your project and select Add Reference
2.    Select the Browse tab
3.    Write “%windir%\Sysnative\AppFabric” in the filename editbox and press enter
4.    Locate and select both Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Client and Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Core

If you wanna know more about it, read the following articles:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384187(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee790876.aspx