Possible to have common assembly dir w/o GAC?

[Dave Kolb]

Hi,

It is possible to reference an assembly in a directory other than in the bin
subdir without registering in ghe GAC?

For instance, I would love to have all my web apps on one server reference
assemblies from a c:\inetpub\wwro ot\common directory shared by the apps on
that web server.

Thanks for any ideas.

Dave

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

If the DLL(s) was thread safe, you could probably create an instance of your
object(s) in the global.asax application_ons tart event
and place that object in an application variable. Then all web pages have
access to it as they do to the application objects.

This isn't however a recommended approach and you should use the GAC or
replicate your DLL.
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Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP
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"Dave Kolb" <Da************ **@remove.sas.c om> wrote in message
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Hi,

It is possible to reference an assembly in a directory other than in the bin subdir without registering in ghe GAC?

For instance, I would love to have all my web apps on one server reference
assemblies from a c:\inetpub\wwro ot\common directory shared by the apps on
that web server.

Thanks for any ideas.

Dave

[Dave Kolb]

What about creating a junction point for each web app that wants to use a
common assembly dir higher up the root using the linkd.exe and then using a
<probing> directive somehow? What are the asp.net runtime rules for locating
assemblies?

Any reason it would not be a nice future asp.net feature to allow a
web.config to reference a common assembly dir to load from without resorting
to the complications of strong names and GAC registration?

Thanks,
Dave

"John Timney (Microsoft MVP)" <ti*****@despam med.com> wrote in message
news:u1******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

If the DLL(s) was thread safe, you could probably create an instance of your object(s) in the global.asax application_ons tart event
and place that object in an application variable. Then all web pages have
access to it as they do to the application objects.

This isn't however a recommended approach and you should use the GAC or
replicate your DLL.

Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP <snip> "Dave Kolb" <Da************ **@remove.sas.c om> wrote in message
news:ud******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

Hi,

It is possible to reference an assembly in a directory other than in the

bin

subdir without registering in ghe GAC?

For instance, I would love to have all my web apps on one server reference assemblies from a c:\inetpub\wwro ot\common directory shared by the apps on that web server.

Thanks for any ideas.

Dave

[Dave Kolb]

This seems to work fine:

1. cd c:\inetpub\wwwr oot\myapp
2. do a "linkd bin2 c:\inetpub\wwwr oot\common"
3. put needed modules in the common dir.
4. Add the following to web.config for the app and the app runs with them
and fails if they are not there.
<runtime>

<assemblyBindin g xmlns="urn:sche mas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">

<probing privatePath="bi n2"/>

</assemblyBinding >

</runtime>

"Dave Kolb" <Da************ **@remove.sas.c om> wrote in message
news:#g******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P12.phx.gbl...

What about creating a junction point for each web app that wants to use a
common assembly dir higher up the root using the linkd.exe and then using a <probing> directive somehow? What are the asp.net runtime rules for locating assemblies?

Any reason it would not be a nice future asp.net feature to allow a
web.config to reference a common assembly dir to load from without resorting to the complications of strong names and GAC registration?

Thanks,
Dave

"John Timney (Microsoft MVP)" <ti*****@despam med.com> wrote in message
news:u1******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

If the DLL(s) was thread safe, you could probably create an instance of your

object(s) in the global.asax application_ons tart event
and place that object in an application variable. Then all web pages have

access to it as they do to the application objects.

This isn't however a recommended approach and you should use the GAC or
replicate your DLL.

Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP

<snip>

"Dave Kolb" <Da************ **@remove.sas.c om> wrote in message
news:ud******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

Hi,

It is possible to reference an assembly in a directory other than in

the bin

subdir without registering in ghe GAC?

For instance, I would love to have all my web apps on one server

reference assemblies from a c:\inetpub\wwro ot\common directory shared by the

apps on that web server.

Thanks for any ideas.

Dave

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

Sounds like you have a solution ..............

--
Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP
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Professional JSP 2nd Edition - ISBN: 1861004958
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1861003625
Beginning JSP Web Development - ISBN: 1861002092
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"Dave Kolb" <Da************ **@remove.sas.c om> wrote in message
news:uu******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

This seems to work fine:

1. cd c:\inetpub\wwwr oot\myapp
2. do a "linkd bin2 c:\inetpub\wwwr oot\common"
3. put needed modules in the common dir.
4. Add the following to web.config for the app and the app runs with them
and fails if they are not there.
<runtime>

<assemblyBindin g xmlns="urn:sche mas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">

<probing privatePath="bi n2"/>

</assemblyBinding >

</runtime>

"Dave Kolb" <Da************ **@remove.sas.c om> wrote in message
news:#g******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P12.phx.gbl...

What about creating a junction point for each web app that wants to use a

common assembly dir higher up the root using the linkd.exe and then using

a

<probing> directive somehow? What are the asp.net runtime rules for

locating

assemblies?

Any reason it would not be a nice future asp.net feature to allow a
web.config to reference a common assembly dir to load from without

resorting

to the complications of strong names and GAC registration?

Thanks,
Dave

"John Timney (Microsoft MVP)" <ti*****@despam med.com> wrote in message
news:u1******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

If the DLL(s) was thread safe, you could probably create an instance of your

object(s) in the global.asax application_ons tart event
and place that object in an application variable. Then all web pages

have access to it as they do to the application objects.

This isn't however a recommended approach and you should use the GAC

or replicate your DLL.

Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP

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"Dave Kolb" <Da************ **@remove.sas.c om> wrote in message
news:ud******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> It is possible to reference an assembly in a directory other than in

the bin
> subdir without registering in ghe GAC?
>
> For instance, I would love to have all my web apps on one server

reference

> assemblies from a c:\inetpub\wwro ot\common directory shared by the

apps

on

> that web server.
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
>
> Dave