Ta Meski - I will work through it. Also found these to be useful for looking at platform and compiled components -
(all-in-one code framework) http://1code.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/39074#842775 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/336633/how-to-detect-windows-64-bit-platf orm-with-net/3489142#3489142 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/270531/how-to-determine-if-a-net-assembly -was-built-for-x86-or-x64 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1542213/how-to-find-the-number-of-cpu-cor es-via-net-c/2670568#2670568 ________________________________ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia -----Original Message----- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:44 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Detecting what an assembly was compiled with On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Another environment type question for those with more experience than I. > > I assume that (apart from Corflags CLI tool, which is inappropriate) the correct .NET method to detect what an assembly was compiled for (AnyCPU, x86, x64) is Module.GetPEKind ? > > How do I safely load and report on its status, some DLL (not knowing if it is a .NET assembly)? That is, can someone give me a really simple example? And secondly, although I know what I compiled my own app for at the time Im doing it I can see a situation when the application should self-test what is was compiled for ie, load itself in a different process? How would I do that? > > I cant find examples of either of these today. > > (about 2-3 years ago, I did some of this precautionary testing, but Ive entirely forgotten how. Im not intending to head the wrong way into extensibility I would use MEF if I had to load and use DLLs for some extensibility.) > Load the entire file into virtual memory not executable, and then step thru the structures in the PE header. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301805.aspx That's really old, but still works - I modified it to modify VB 6 version info stored in the header, then write it back -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
