OK, I was thinking about setting the PrivatePath on the AppDomain.
However, how do I call Assembly.Load() even with the PrivatePath set? I
only have the assembly file path and Assembly.Load() doesn't accept this
as a parameter.
Thanks,
Charles.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Taylor
Sent: 16 May 2007 12:46
To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM
Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Using Assembly.LoadFrom instead of
Assembly.Load()
> So my application code calls Assembly.LoadFrom() on the assembly,
> executes the method and the returned class is used in the calling
code.
> However, I believe the calling code loads the assembly from the GAC in
> the Load context (via a static reference) in order to define a
variable
> of the class returned from the method, and Assembly.LoadFrom() will
> load
> the assembly into the LoadFrom context. The class returned from the
> method is not compatible with the class variable defined in the
calling
> code as they are in different contexts and I get the Invalid Cast
> exception.
I'm not sure I fully grasp what you're trying to do (sorry), but would
separate AppDomains help? You could specify the private path (where
Assembly.Load looks for DLLs) in the AppDomainSetup when you create the
new
AppDomain, and there'll be no conflict between that assembly and any
other
assembly in your current context.
You can't pass objects between AppDomains, but you can serialise objects
or
pass MarshalByRefObject object references, so (with a bit of glue code
in
your new AppDomain) this may do what you need.
Hope this helps,
Geoff
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