Plugin assembly path to find other needed assemblies

[Luis Arvayo]

Actually it is:

How to define the plugin assemblies path in order to find other assemblies
which the plugin depends on.

Example:

If I have:

c:\myapp\applic ation.exe

then, other assemblies are also installed on the same subdirectory, example:

c:\myapp\assemb ly1.dll
c:\myapp\assemb ly2.dll
Then in subdirecory Plugins under main subdirectory I installed the plugins:

c:\myapp\Plugin s\plugin1.dll

But plugin1.dll also depends on

c:\myapp\assemb ly1.dll

as same as application.exe .

When runtime, there is an error when loading the assembly (with
Assembly.Load(x xx)) that dependant assemblies on plugin1.dll were not found
(c:\myapp\assem bly1.dll).

How to solve this without moving the plugins assemblies to the main
subdirectory ?

Thanks in advance
Luis Arvayo

[Frans Bouma [C# MVP]]

Luis Arvayo wrote:

Actually it is:

How to define the plugin assemblies path in order to find other
assemblies which the plugin depends on.

Example:

If I have:

c:\myapp\applic ation.exe

then, other assemblies are also installed on the same subdirectory,
example:

c:\myapp\assemb ly1.dll
c:\myapp\assemb ly2.dll
Then in subdirecory Plugins under main subdirectory I installed the
plugins:

c:\myapp\Plugin s\plugin1.dll

But plugin1.dll also depends on

c:\myapp\assemb ly1.dll

as same as application.exe .

When runtime, there is an error when loading the assembly (with
Assembly.Load(x xx)) that dependant assemblies on plugin1.dll were not
found (c:\myapp\assem bly1.dll).

How to solve this without moving the plugins assemblies to the main
subdirectory ?

In the application.exe .config file, add:
<runtime>
<assemblyBindin g xmlns="urn:sche mas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<probing privatePath="Pl ugins"/>
</assemblyBinding >
</runtime>

This will tell fusion to look in the subfolder Plugins for referenced
assemblies as well. Check the probing tag's documentation for more
details :)

Frans

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[Luis Arvayo]

Thanks for the answer, but...

Your suggestion works only for the main application which I already had
defined before posting. But it seems that it is ignored for the plugin,
because the error is raisee when issued the Assembly.Load(x xx)

Regards
Luis Arvayo
"Frans Bouma [C# MVP]" <pe************ ******@xs4all.n l> escribió en el
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Luis Arvayo wrote:

Actually it is:

How to define the plugin assemblies path in order to find other
assemblies which the plugin depends on.

Example:

If I have:

c:\myapp\applic ation.exe

then, other assemblies are also installed on the same subdirectory,
example:

c:\myapp\assemb ly1.dll
c:\myapp\assemb ly2.dll
Then in subdirecory Plugins under main subdirectory I installed the
plugins:

c:\myapp\Plugin s\plugin1.dll

But plugin1.dll also depends on

c:\myapp\assemb ly1.dll

as same as application.exe .

When runtime, there is an error when loading the assembly (with
Assembly.Load(x xx)) that dependant assemblies on plugin1.dll were not
found (c:\myapp\assem bly1.dll).

How to solve this without moving the plugins assemblies to the main
subdirectory ?

In the application.exe .config file, add:
<runtime>
<assemblyBindin g xmlns="urn:sche mas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<probing privatePath="Pl ugins"/>
</assemblyBinding >
</runtime>

This will tell fusion to look in the subfolder Plugins for referenced
assemblies as well. Check the probing tag's documentation for more
details :)

Frans

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My .NET blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/fbouma
Microsoft MVP (C#)
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