How do you reference third-party assemblies in WebMatrix?

Question

I have a vendor DLL and would like to use it in my .cshtml files. I don’t see where you add assembly references in Webmatrix, though ... or am I completely losing the point?

Answer 1

Create a bin folder on your website and copy it there. WebMatrix does not provide a way to add links in the same way as VS. You need to add the using statement at the top of the CSHTML file:

@using MyThirdParty.Component; 

No, you do not miss this point. I can see how WebMatrix users want to play with iTextSharp or similar.