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Unable to use custom DLL's from x++ projects

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Hi Team,

I'm having an issue where I'm unable to use any DLL's from my D365FO projects.  I've added a reference to the DLL in my x++ project as described in the links below but the Visual Studio development environment does not appear to be aware of the reference and behaves as though it does not exist.

- IntelliSense does not provide suggestions that should be available from the assembly.

- The compiler displays build errors that indicate it is unaware of the reference:

'TestAPI' is not declared.

The qualifier 'TestAPI.Class1' is not valid for field 'helloWorld' 

The qualifier 'TestAPI' is not valid for field 'Class1' 

Links:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/dev-tools/write-business-logic 

https://www.schweda.net/blog_ax.php?bid=477&wdl=en 

https://blog.monsieurwinner.com/2022/08/30/consume-api-from-dynamics-365-finance-and-operations/ 

My environment:

D365FO dev environment v10.0.29 deployed from LCS. 

Visual Studio Professional 2019 Version 16.11.18

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.7.03190

My test class library:

Language:  C#

Targeting:  .Net framework 4.7

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace TestAPI
{
public class Class1
{
public string helloWorld()
{
return "Hello world!";
}
}
}

Other information:

The DLL exists under my \PackagesLocalDirectory\<MyModel>\bin\ directory:  C:\AOSService\PackagesLocalDirectory\<MyModel>\bin\TestAPI.dll

The XML file exists in my \PackagesLocalDirectory\<MyModel>\<MyModel>\AxReference folder.

XML file contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AxReference xmlns:i="">www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance">
<Name>TestAPI</Name>
<AssemblyName>TestAPI</AssemblyName>
<AssemblyDisplayName>TestAPI, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null</AssemblyDisplayName>
<Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
</AxReference>

I've tried the following troubleshooting tests with no success:

- Building the DLL with different target frameworks including 4.5, 4.7, .Net 5, netstandard2.0

- Adding the assembly to the GAC

- Referencing the DLL as a prebuilt DLL

- Referencing the DLL as a C# project in the same solution

Hoping that someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong and what I need to do to get it working as it should.  Please let me know if you need any additional info or want me to perform additional troubleshooting. 

Thanks,

Stuart

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