I have implemented a WPF application using DevExpress controls. When I was finished, I optimized my references in Visual Studio (using Resharper). I have the following references left:
DevExpress.Data.v14.2.dll
DevExpress.Mvvm.v14.2.dll
DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v14.2.dll
DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v14.2.dll
DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v14.2.Core.dll
DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.v14.2.dll
When starting the application on a clean OS, it crashes. With Process Monitor, I find that it is looking in 10 different places for DevExpress.Printing.v14.2.Core.dll and cannot find it.
That DLL is 3 MB in size and I'd like to avoid to deliver it, if possible.
Dependency walker seems to not work well for .NET.
I have read DevExpress about required libraries, but that is for XtraReports, which I'm not using in my application.
Why does my application look for that DLL if it is not referenced?
Your application contains the DXGrid. Thus, according to the DXGrid's required Redistributable Assemblies list, the DevExpress.Printing.v14.2.Core.dll assembly contains classes that allows to implement the functionality for DXGrid's printing and exporting based on DXPrinting library.