COM->.net Assembly Binding: "Cannot find the assembly..."

I'm trying to call a .net DLL from within the VB6 IDE. The DLL is strongly
named and not being installed in the GAC. To get around that, I'm
registering it with CODEBASE. In production, all apps and components are in
the same folder, so I don't have this issue. In development, the code lives
in a very different structure, thus requiring CODEBASE.

Cannot find the assembly HPFS_FSTI, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=809fe79d5f400e68

I am including two log entries. Strangely, the first entry shows that the
DLL is being located initially. The second entry is from when I'm making
calls into the DLL.

In my mind, this first log entry proves that the CODEBASE option is working,
as it locates the DLL, even though it's not a sub folder of the VB98 folder.
Unfortunately, I don't know enough about these logs to see if there are any
clues in them as to how I can solve this issue.

Listing 1: Initial log entry
successful ----------------------------------------------

*** Assembly Binder Log Entry (12/5/2005 @ 3:43:24 PM) ***

The operation was successful.
Bind result: hr = 0x0. The operation completed successfully.

Assembly manager loaded from:
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\fusion.dll
Running under executable C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio\VB98\vb6.exe
--- A detailed error log follows.

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: Where-ref bind. Location =
G:/2.6_Patch/Pegasus/Development/Apps/HPFS_FSTI/bin/hpfs_fsti.dll
LOG: Appbase = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
LOG: Dynamic Base = NULL
LOG: Cache Base = NULL
LOG: AppName = NULL
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===

LOG: Processing DEVPATH.
LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom,
partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Attempting download of new URL
file:///G:/2.6_Patch/Pegasus/Development/Apps/HPFS_FSTI/bin/hpfs_fsti.dll.
LOG: Assembly download was successful. Attempting setup of file:
G:\2.6_Patch\Pegasus\Development\Apps\HPFS_FSTI\bin\hpfs_fsti.dll
LOG: Entering run-from-source setup phase.



Listing 2: Failed call to DLL ----------------------------------------------

*** Assembly Binder Log Entry (12/5/2005 @ 3:43:26 PM) ***

The operation failed.
Bind result: hr = 0x80070002. The system cannot find the file specified.

Assembly manager loaded from:
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\fusion.dll
Running under executable C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio\VB98\vb6.exe
--- A detailed error log follows.

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = HPFS_FSTI, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=809fe79d5f400e68
(Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
LOG: Dynamic Base = NULL
LOG: Cache Base = NULL
LOG: AppName = NULL
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===

LOG: Processing DEVPATH.
LOG: DEVPATH is not set. Falling through to regular bind.
LOG: Publisher policy file is not found.
LOG: Host configuration file not found.
LOG: Using machine configuration file from
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\config\machine.config.
LOG: Post-policy reference: HPFS_FSTI, Version=1.2.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=809fe79d5f400e68
LOG: Cache Lookup was unsuccessful.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft
Visual Studio/VB98/HPFS_FSTI.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft
Visual Studio/VB98/HPFS_FSTI/HPFS_FSTI.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft
Visual Studio/VB98/HPFS_FSTI.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft
Visual Studio/VB98/HPFS_FSTI/HPFS_FSTI.EXE.
LOG: All probing URLs attempted and failed.








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