Update third party component dlls in a Visual Studio solution?

Infragistics provide a tool called Project Upgrade Utility that does precisely what you want.

Infragistics provide a tool called "Project Upgrade Utility" that does precisely what you want. All you have to do is start the app and select a solution file (.sln) or a project (.vbproj or . Csproj) file, the app let you select to what version of infragistics you want to upgrade and it will do the rest of the job.

I used this method in numerous occasions to upgrade to the new releases of infragistics and it works without problems, and if the tool finds any problem it creates a report. Remember that every infragistics dll has a line on the corresponding licences. Licx file of the project with information regarding version, culture and public key, so if you go for a manual update you must update these lines too.

Yeah, see my comment to Olaf... Even if I had 373 errors after this "upgrade"... I see the light in the end of the tunnel... – serhio Mar 18 at 15:44 it throws me "NullReferenceException" for some projects... ((( – serhio Mar 18 at 15:50.

I usually use notepad++ to search and replace in all . Csproj files. I assume the replace in files in Visual Studio will work good too.

This should work... if you know what with what replace... references have version, public key name... and if is the only one is less or more hard, but if you have multiple references, like grids, textboxes, shared dlls, win dlls... – serhio Mar 18 at 14:51 If I recall correctly the Infragistics controls have the same public key etc, you only need to replace the path-part of the references. – Albin Sunnanbo Mar 18 at 14:57.

There is a "Version Upgrade Utility" or "Version Utility" (help.infragistics.com/Help/NetAdvantage/...) by Infragistics. Other 3rd party vendors (like DevExpress) have similar tools. You might wish to check those first.

Very good point. Even if I didn't found "Version Utility", I found a "Project Upgrade Utility", dragged the solution folder and... Evrica! - it loaded all my projects... Say, this "thing" trowed some errors, but I hope I'll manage this... – serhio Mar 18 at 15:42 Yes, there are different names for that tool. I thought "Project Upgrade Utility" was an older one, so I didn't mention it.

These tools used to be buggy, but I think not anymore. – Olaf Mar 18 at 15:58.

I've not tried it, but this VS extension seems like it might do the job.

I installed and tried... didn't help, or I don't understand how it works... Thank you, however – serhio Mar 18 at 15:42.

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