how to add third party dll reference to F# project?

Question

I\'m adding a third party dll reference to my F# project. I added the dll in references and when I use this i.e highlight the code and do Alt+Ent, I get the error \"The namespa

Answer 1

In short, you have to use #r "/path/to/AZROLESLib.dll" in order that F# Interactive recognizes and loads the dll file.

Adding a dll reference helps Visual Studio to find correct libraries when compiling the project, but it has nothing to do with F# Interactive. Therefore, you have to use #r directive to point to AZROLESLib.dll. If VS has some troubles to highlight the code, you may have to open the exact module in your dll file:

open AZROLESLibModule

If the code is in a *.fs file, you may want to distinguish between using fsi and using fsc:

#if INTERACTIVE
#r "/path/to/AZROLESLib.dll"
#endif