System.IO.Packaging reference

Question

How do you add a reference for the System.IO.Packaging namespace in a web app? I don't see System.IO.Packaging under the .NET or COM tab when adding a reference.

Answer 1

You need to add a reference to the WindowsBase Assembly.

You can see in which Assembly a type resides by checking the MSDN page for the type:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.packaging.package.aspx

System.Object 
  System.IO.Packaging.Package
    System.IO.Packaging.ZipPackage

 

Namespace:  System.IO.Packaging
Assembly:  WindowsBase (in WindowsBase.dll) <==== here

Answer 2

Thank you.