“Are you missing an assembly reference?” compile error - Visual Studio

Question

I am currently working on a server control for other applications in our company to interface with a WCF service. Every time I make a change code change and recompile the c

Answer 1

In my case, I had to change the Copy Local setting to true (right-click assembly in solution explorer, select properties, locate and change value of Copy Local property). Once this setting was changed, publication of my WCF service copied the file to the server and the error went away.