George, There is no easy way to solve the problem because other than what is in the GAC .NET doesn't know where to find assemblies other than where you tell it to. The way the ASP.NET team tackled this was introduce @ Import directives at the top of *.aspx (and whatever) files. The other thing that did was set asside a special directory /bin where the developer would need to insert all the assemblies into.
If you don't want to take this approach (/bin directory) you will need to brute force search every assembly on the machine to find the assembly you are after. This just isn't practical and that is before you even start to consider dealing with version conflicts. I'm sorry George, .NET is not a scripting environment, you can get it to behave like one for gee-whiz effect but its not really a business solution. Even VSA requires the developer to provide assembly references. ---------------------------------------- - Mitch Denny - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - +61 (414) 610-141 - -----Original Message----- From: The DOTNET list will be retired 7/1/02 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of george antony Sent: Wednesday, 19 June 2002 16:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Interesting Problem, what am I missing (WAS: Urgent pls -finding the assembly name from namespace). hi Thanks for the code. The problem is I am using system.ComponentModel.component the reference type is nothing .. how will i get the assembly name for this.. my requirement is like this if the user says imports Microsoft.Biztalk.btsconfig I have to find the assembly name from the microsoft.biztalk.btsconfig and i should add the assembly name to the .net script engine What will i do if the reference type is nothing regards gan --- Mitch Denny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all/George, > > Below is the code that I would have converted my C# > sample into, > however George is quite correct, it doesn't seem to > be working > at all. When executed, if it all works it should > return a message > box giving the full assembly name for System.dll but > it doesn't. > > Probably best to read the code now so you know what > I am jabbering > on about: > > Imports FindAsmVB > Imports System > Imports System.ComponentModel > Imports System.Reflection > Imports System.Windows > Imports System.Windows.Forms > > Namespace FindAsmVB > > Public Class EntryPoint > > Public Shared Sub Main() > > ' Declare locals. > Dim typeToFind As String > Dim typeReference As Type > > ' Try and find type. > typeToFind = > "System.ComponentModel.Component" > typeReference = Type.GetType(typeToFind, > False, True) > If (typeReference Is Nothing) Then > > MessageBox.Show( _ > String.Format( _ > "Could not find type: {0} in > loaded > assemblies.", _ > typeToFind _ > ) _ > ) > > Else > > MessageBox.Show( _ > String.Format( _ > "Found type: {0} in > assembly: {1}.", _ > typeReference.FullName, _ > > typeReference.Assembly.FullName _ > ) _ > ) > > > Trace.WriteLine(typeReference.Assembly.FullName) > > End If > > End Sub > > End Class > > End Namespace > > I thought that perhaps the System.dll assembly > wasn't > getting loaded because I don't really need it, so I > inserted this diagnostic code up the top: > > Trace.Indent() > > Dim assm As System.Reflection.Assembly > For Each assm In > AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies() > > > Trace.WriteLine(String.Format("Assembly: {0}", > assm.FullName)) > > Trace.Indent() > > Dim modu As System.Reflection.Module > For Each modu in assm.GetModules() > > > Trace.WriteLine(String.Format("Module: {0}", > modu.Name)) > > Next > > Trace.Unindent() > > Next > > Trace.Unindent() > > The output clearly shows that the System.dll > assembly > is being loaded: > > Assembly: mscorlib, Version=1.0.3300.0, > Culture=neutral, > PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 > Module: mscorlib.dll > Assembly: FindAsmVB, Version=1.0.900.29656, Culture=neutral, > PublicKeyToken=null > Module: FindAsmVB.exe > Assembly: System, Version=1.0.3300.0, > Culture=neutral, > PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 > Module: system.dll > Assembly: System.Windows.Forms, > Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, > PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 > Module: system.windows.forms.dll > Assembly: System.Xml, Version=1.0.3300.0, > Culture=neutral, > PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 > Module: system.xml.dll > > In fact, you look at the debug output in VS.NET or > using > cordbg.exe you can see it there anyway without my > trace > code. Basically I want to understand what I am doing > wrong > here, perhaps some of the CLR gurus can help me out. > > I'll give this question a shot here, and if that > fails I > will try posting on the DOTNET-CLR list to see how I > go. > > ---------------------------------------- > - Mitch Denny > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - +61 (414) 610-141 > - > > -----Original Message----- > From: The DOTNET list will be retired 7/1/02 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of george antony > Sent: Wednesday, 19 June 2002 14:34 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Urgent pls -finding the > assembly name from > namespace > > > hi this is my code > > > Dim mytype As Type > mytype = > Type.GetType("System.ComponentModel.Component") > MsgBox(mytype) > > i am getting nothing in the msgbox > pls help on this. its very urgent for me now > > regards > gan > --- Paul Gaske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's a good start, but what about: > > > > >dim mytype as type= > > >type.gettype("System.Componentmodel.Component") > > > > Should be: > > > > Dim mytype as type = > > type.gettype("System.ComponentModel.Component") > > > > Note the capital 'M' for 'Model'. > > > > Cheers, > > Paul. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nicolas Benech > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, 19 June 2002 2:15 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Urgent pls -finding the assembly name > > from namespace > > > > > > Chris meant that you have some typo in your code > > sample: > > > > > > dim x as system.refelction.assembly > > > > > x=system.refelction.assembly.getassembly(mytype) > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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