AS2005 Redistributable DLLs

I am referencing Microsoft.AnalysisServices.dll in my C# project to get to the sweet AS2005 object model for automated cube processing among other things but know I need to start getting the deployment of these DLLs figured out for client releases. Currently our installs are deployed to relative paths on the client machines and we have avoided any GAC installations. So my questions revolve around - Are we free to redistribute the Microsoft.AnalysisServices.dll? What other dependencies does it have or redistribution requirements Microsoft may have for it

Thanks in advance for any help or if someone could point me into the correct direction

PS - I have been extremely impressed with the programmability and ease of deployment of AS2005 databases in these latest revs - well done, I am a huge fan of the toolset and the exposed technology.

Brad Osterloo

Probably Microsoft.AnalysisServices.XmlaClient.dll will be enough.|||

1. Microsoft.AnalysisServices.dll does't depends on Microsoft.AnalysisServices.XmlaClient.dll

2. If you want to have a compression in XMLA over TCP, your schould have msasxpress.dll

in %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\shared\

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It took me a bit while before I looked at your thread.

I would try and explan the general policy for redistibuting Analysis Services components:

You cannot redistibute any single file, or group of files with your application. It is going to create huge mess of files with different versions copied all over on user's machine. Also known as: "dll hell".

To redistribute Analysis Services functionlity you should use Redstributable packages found on http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d09c1d60-a13c-4479-9b91-9e8b9d835cdc&displaylang=en

The one you need in this particular case is "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management Objects Collection "

Edward.
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|||OK, Thank you Edward for your response. Much appreciated.