Can't include Microsoft.Security.Application?

Question

I can't include Microsoft.Security.Application

using Microsoft.Security.Application;

Gives this error:

The type or namespace name 'Security' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

And yes, I clicked on Bin -> Add Reference... -> AntiXSSLibrary.dll and it added it to the Bin Folder including the AntiXSSLibrary.xml.

I rebuilt the whole website, and still nothing.

I'm using ASP .NET 3.5 C# - AntiXSSLibrary 4.0 Stable

Solution 1

Right mouse on your website -> Convert to webapplication. See: How To Convert ASP.NET Website to ASP.NET Web Application

Solution 2

If you get this nuget all extention objects are visibles

Install-Package AntiXSS

it solves my problem.

html = Microsoft.Security.Application.Encoder.HtmlEncode(model.SiteName), model = Microsoft.Security.Application.Encoder.HtmlEncode(json),

Solution 3

Uninstall and re-install AntiXSS:

Tools --> NuGet Package Manager --> Package Manager Console (UI may differ if using other than Visual Studio 2013):

Uninstall-Package AntiXSS
Install-Package AntiXSS

For multi-project solutions, be sure to set the default project to whichever one is experiencing the problem. Use Uninstall-Package -Force AntiXSS if uninstall fails and if you can handle any package dependency problems that may arise, though I know of none for this package.

Solution 4

If, like me, you're using AntiXSSLibrary in a class library via Nuget, and got the above error:

1. Remove all external references that you had through Nuget
2. Remove the Nuget package file - which is packages.config found in the solution's root directory
3. Remove the packages directory - again in your solution's root directory
4. Reinstall all your components again

Solution 5

The answer here helped me. I found the AntiXssLibrary.dll on my site's bin folder.

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