Cannot add a reference to Aspose.Slides.dll

I want to use Aspose.Slides with Silverlight, but when I try to add a reference I get an error:

"you can't add a reference to Aspose.Slides.dll as it was not built against the Silverlight runtime."

Does Aspose.Slides support Silverlight?

Hi Kevin,


Thanks for your interest in Aspose.Slides.

I have observed the information shared by you and it seems to be an issue with Aspose.Slides. An issue with ID SLIDESNET-33503 has been created as investigation to see whether the requested support is available or not. I will share the further information with you as soon as it will be shared by our development team.

Many Thanks,

Hi Kevin,

Our development team has investigated the issue and I regret to share that Aspose.Slides doesn’t support Silverlight. Actually, Silverlight applications can’t reference .NET assemblies. Silverlight uses different CLR to the rest of .NET, known as the CoreCLR. The CoreCLR is a stripped down version containing only the stuff deemed necessary by the Silverlight team.

There is a good way that described here but Aspose.Slides uses a lot of functionality that isn’t available on Silverlight platform. Silverlight is meant to run in a “sandbox” whereby many the unsafe features such as direct access to the file system are not allowed. Silverlight is missing core features and types such as: ArrayList, Hashtable, SortedList, System.ICloneable, System.Drawing (GDI+), BinarySerializer and the [Serializable] attribute that are used in Asposoe.Slides.

For your kind reference, please visit the following links as well:

  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4912306/add-refrence-problem-in-silverlight
  • http://www.netfxharmonics.com/2008/12/Reusing-NET-Assemblies-in-Silverlight
  • http://biofractal.blogspot.com/2009/03/convert-dotnet-assemblies-to.html
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6693198/how-do-i-add-a-reference-to-an-assembly-that-wasnt-built-with-the-silverlight-r

We are sorry for your inconvenience,

The issues you have found earlier (filed as SLIDESNET-33503) have been fixed in this update.


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