title: "Are you missing an assembly reference?" compile error - Visual Studio
body: <p>I am currently working on a server control for other applications in our company to interface with a WCF service.  Every time I make a change code change and recompile the control, I increment the  the AssemblyVerison and AssemblyFileVersion class in the AsseemblyInfo.cs by one.  For example, my latest build went from 1.0.07.0 to 1.0.08.0.</p>
  
  <p>When the consuming application updates the file by copying the latest file in the bin directory and tries to compile, they receive the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The type or namespace name 'MyControl'
    does not exist in the namespace
    'MyNamespace' (are you missing an
    assembly reference?)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>In order to resolve this error, they have to delete the current reference and re-add the reference.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to update the server control without having to delete and re-add the reference?</p>
  
  <p>I am not strong naming the server control.<br />
  @JPunyon - Do you mean have the consuming application add the server control project to their solution?</p>