Hope you find this reassuring; we're heading down the same route except that
instead of forms we're using controls and docking them in the main form.

G.
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Graeme Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Principal Software Engineer
Aston Broadcast Systems Ltd. (http://www.aston.tv)
Disclaimer: I really don't have a clue what I'm on about.

-----Original Message-----
From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Jay Ayliff
Sent: 18 April 2002 10:18
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Using System.Reflection to create Extensible Apps


I have found this to work, and it seems to have enormous possibilities:
- We can group logically related applications in the same DLL assembly
- We can easily implement new versions of apps by either overwriting the
DLL assembly or simply by changing the value of AssemblyFileName so the
program looks in a different place for the new version.

I am happy about other aspects of this development, e.g. passing data
between the loaded form and the container. What I really want a warm
feeling about is whether this use of System.Reflection is a viable way of
creating an extensible application, or whether I am storing up trouble for
myself further down the line. I await your gracious comments.

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