Re: C# DLL-plugin references


"Tim" <Tim.Vanlaere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I've been struggling for a while trying to run plugins in C#, which
have external references.
The plugins load, and I can invoke methods through reflection until
the method uses some code defined in an external assembly.

The error returned is in all cases:

"Could not load file or assembly 'MyAssName, Version=1.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The
system cannot find the file specified.".

The only sollution I could find so far, is to manually add references
to these assemblies in the host project, which defies the purpose of
the plugin-system.

Is there a way, without using the GAC, to reference these assemblies
at runtime?

The way I do it, is after I load each assembly, iterate through its
dependencies, and for each assembly not yet loaded, try to load it from the
plugin directory as well.


Thanks in advance,
Tim



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