无法从C：\\ Windows \\ System32 \\ inetsrv \\ hwebcore.dll引用hwebcore.dll到visualstudio2013

Question

I am trying to host MVC web application without IIS in windows8. So i referred this link Host MVC web app without IIS

But i can able to add hwebcore.dll file into visual studio it show error like:

ERROR:

please make sure that the file is accessible and that it is a valid assembly or com component

i referred the below link but nothing worked for me.

I want a solution for this : Please make sure that the file is accessible and that it is a valid assembly or COM component

.dll file not accessible

Answer 1

This dll is not a .NET assembly, that's why you can't add a reference to it. What you can do is invoke its exported functions, like WebCoreActivate and WebCoreShutdown. See the example here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/carlosag/archive/2008/04/14/hostyourownwebserverusingiis7.aspx