c# - How to add external assembly (.dll) to .NET Core 2.0 on Visual Studio Code

Question

I faced some issues regarding adding an external assembly (.dll) to my .NET Core 2.0 console application on Visual Studio Code as there are little to none documentation about how you can do it.

Microsoft provides a very good tutorial about how one can add NuGet Packages and Project to project references, but no information on how to add external dlls.

Answer 1

After some research I managed to get it working.

1. Open your .csproj file

2. Below </PropertyGroup> tag, add

<ItemGroup>
  <Reference Include="Your dll file name">
    <HintPath>Your dll file name.dll</HintPath>
    <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion> 
    <!-- You may set it to true if your dll has a specific version -->
  </Reference>
</ItemGroup>