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Hello,

I think this might be the same problem as in #616 (comment).

Could you try and reference the missing dll using the ?otherFlags parameter?
Something like otherFlags = [ "-r:MyPath/ToMy/Assembly.dll" ]

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Adding references the way you suggested works fine, thanks. here is the solution. Note that i used <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies> in my .fsproj file so that the dependency dlls are put into the same folder as the compilation output of the library.

I hoped that the references would not be necessary then, because the dependency dlls are in the same folder, but i still have to set the otherFlags option sadly.

ApiDocs.GenerateHtml(
    inputs = [
        ApiDocInput.FromFile(
            @"path\to\bin\Debug\netstandard2.0\Plotly.NET.dll"
        )
    ],
    output = @"C:\Users\schne\source\repos\plotly\Plotly.NET\src",
    collectionName = "Plotly.NET",
    substitutions = [],
    otherFlags = [ 
        @"-r:path\to\bin\Debug\netstandard2.0\Giraffe.ViewEngine.StrongName.dll" 
        @"-r:path\to\bin\Debug\netstandard2.0\DynamicObj.dll"
        @"-r:path\to\bin\Debug\netstandard2.0\Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
    ]
)

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Hi @nojaf, thanks for the response, I'll give this a spin.

However, the referenced assemblies are not contained in the compilation output, so I guess the standard way is referencing these packages from the nuget cache (i do not use paket)?

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For future reference, I found that setting libDirs is enough when all dependencies are in one folder:

A combination of <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies> in the fsproj file and setting libDirs to the compilation output path leads to only one folder with all dependecies referenced. This might be easier especially for large projects with many dependencies:

ApiDocs.GenerateHtml(
    inputs = [
        ApiDocInput.FromFile(
            @"C:\Users\schne\source\repos\plotly\Plotly.NET\src\Plotly.NET\bin\Debug\netstandard2.0\Plotly.NET.dll"
        )
    ],
    output = @"C:\Users\schne\source\repos\plotly\Plotly.NET\src",
    collectionName = "Plotly.NET",
    substitutions = [],
    libDirs = [ @"C:\Users\schne\source\repos\plotly\Plotly.NET\src\Plotly.NET\bin\Debug\netstandard2.0\"]
)

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