title: Visual Studio References and versioning - how does it work?
body: <p>We have several common libs. Ideally we want them all to use the latest version of a dll even if they have been compiled against an older different version (assume the latest version is backward compatible)</p>
  
  <p>e.g we have:<BR>
  <BR>
  Project dll<BR>
  Common controls dll<BR>
  Logging dll<BR>
  Database access dll</p>
  
  <p>Project and common controls reference v2 of database dll. Logging however references v1. </p>
  
  <p>If different versions are referenced in different components how does VS pick which one to use? <BR>
  Do we have to recompile v1 dll to use the latest database (v2) or can we get this to pick up automatically?<BR>
  Is it possible to force a particular version to be used?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,</p>
  
  <p>Alex</p>