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Load an Satellite-Assembly

Dear NG,

i want to load a plugin (WinForm) in my Applikation. That works fine. Now I
want to globalize that plugin. So I have to load the Satellite Assembly, as
well. But how can I load this (and when?).

Thank you very much

Rudi
Nov 15 '05 #1
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Hello Rudolf,

From what I know about satellite assemblies, they should be loaded
automatically by the .NET Framework when you request resources for the
corresponding culture. The trick is to deploy these assemblies to the
correct location and with correct names - to be exact, to a folder named
exactly as the culture abbreviation (e.g. de-de or en-us), being sub-folder
of the folder containing the plug-in DLL.

So the folder structure will be like this:

application.exe
somelibrary.dll
Plug-ins\
SomePlug-in\
SomePlugin.dll
de-DE\
SomePlugin.de-DE.dll
en-AU
SomePlugin.en-AU.dll
fr-FR
SomePlugin.fr-FR.dll

I'd also suggest reviewing the corresponding sections of MSDN Library as my
memory is not ideal and I could miss something.

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Unit Testing and Integration Environment
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua
Deliver reliable .NET software

"Rudolf Ball" <Ba************@Infineon.com> wrote in message
news:bh**********@newssrv.muc.infineon.com...
Dear NG,

i want to load a plugin (WinForm) in my Applikation. That works fine. Now I want to globalize that plugin. So I have to load the Satellite Assembly, as well. But how can I load this (and when?).

Thank you very much

Rudi


Nov 15 '05 #2
Dear Dmitriy,

thank you very much, but I have done this.
My structure is exactly like yours (folders de-DE, de-AT, en-US).
I load the assembly like this:

Assembly ControlLib;
PlugIn newPlugin;

ControlLib = Assembly.LoadFrom(Location);
newPlugin = (PlugIn)ControlLib.CreateInstance(ControlName);
MainPanel.Controls.Add(newPlugin);

this works fine, but the internationalized Plugin with the Satellite
Assemblies does not change the language. At Startup I change the
CurrentUICulture to "de-AT", but my Plugin uses always the Standard.

Thanx for your help

Rudi

"Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]" <x-****@no-spam-please.hotpop.com> wrote
in message news:O9**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Hello Rudolf,

From what I know about satellite assemblies, they should be loaded
automatically by the .NET Framework when you request resources for the
corresponding culture. The trick is to deploy these assemblies to the
correct location and with correct names - to be exact, to a folder named
exactly as the culture abbreviation (e.g. de-de or en-us), being sub-folder of the folder containing the plug-in DLL.

So the folder structure will be like this:

application.exe
somelibrary.dll
Plug-ins\
SomePlug-in\
SomePlugin.dll
de-DE\
SomePlugin.de-DE.dll
en-AU
SomePlugin.en-AU.dll
fr-FR
SomePlugin.fr-FR.dll

I'd also suggest reviewing the corresponding sections of MSDN Library as my memory is not ideal and I could miss something.

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Unit Testing and Integration Environment
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua
Deliver reliable .NET software

"Rudolf Ball" <Ba************@Infineon.com> wrote in message
news:bh**********@newssrv.muc.infineon.com...
Dear NG,

i want to load a plugin (WinForm) in my Applikation. That works fine.
Now I
want to globalize that plugin. So I have to load the Satellite Assembly,

as
well. But how can I load this (and when?).

Thank you very much

Rudi

Nov 15 '05 #3
Rudolf,

How do you load localizable resources in your plug-in (from your sample I
can judge it is actually a Windows Forms User Control)? Do you use
'Localizable' property in your custom controls?

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Unit Testing and Integration Environment
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua
Deliver reliable .NET software

"Rudolf Ball" <Ba************@Infineon.com> wrote in message
news:bh**********@newssrv.muc.infineon.com...
Dear Dmitriy,

thank you very much, but I have done this.
My structure is exactly like yours (folders de-DE, de-AT, en-US).
I load the assembly like this:

Assembly ControlLib;
PlugIn newPlugin;

ControlLib = Assembly.LoadFrom(Location);
newPlugin = (PlugIn)ControlLib.CreateInstance(ControlName);
MainPanel.Controls.Add(newPlugin);

this works fine, but the internationalized Plugin with the Satellite
Assemblies does not change the language. At Startup I change the
CurrentUICulture to "de-AT", but my Plugin uses always the Standard.

Thanx for your help

Rudi

"Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]" <x-****@no-spam-please.hotpop.com> wrote
in message news:O9**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Hello Rudolf,

From what I know about satellite assemblies, they should be loaded
automatically by the .NET Framework when you request resources for the
corresponding culture. The trick is to deploy these assemblies to the
correct location and with correct names - to be exact, to a folder named
exactly as the culture abbreviation (e.g. de-de or en-us), being

sub-folder
of the folder containing the plug-in DLL.

So the folder structure will be like this:

application.exe
somelibrary.dll
Plug-ins\
SomePlug-in\
SomePlugin.dll
de-DE\
SomePlugin.de-DE.dll
en-AU
SomePlugin.en-AU.dll
fr-FR
SomePlugin.fr-FR.dll

I'd also suggest reviewing the corresponding sections of MSDN Library as

my
memory is not ideal and I could miss something.

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Unit Testing and Integration Environment
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua
Deliver reliable .NET software

"Rudolf Ball" <Ba************@Infineon.com> wrote in message
news:bh**********@newssrv.muc.infineon.com...
Dear NG,

i want to load a plugin (WinForm) in my Applikation. That works fine. Now
I
want to globalize that plugin. So I have to load the Satellite

Assembly, as
well. But how can I load this (and when?).

Thank you very much

Rudi



Nov 15 '05 #4
Yes, i do this. But it doesn`t work.
What alternative possibilities do I have?
"Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]" <x-****@no-spam-please.hotpop.com> wrote
in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Rudolf,

How do you load localizable resources in your plug-in (from your sample I
can judge it is actually a Windows Forms User Control)? Do you use
'Localizable' property in your custom controls?

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Unit Testing and Integration Environment
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua
Deliver reliable .NET software

"Rudolf Ball" <Ba************@Infineon.com> wrote in message
news:bh**********@newssrv.muc.infineon.com...
Dear Dmitriy,

thank you very much, but I have done this.
My structure is exactly like yours (folders de-DE, de-AT, en-US).
I load the assembly like this:

Assembly ControlLib;
PlugIn newPlugin;

ControlLib = Assembly.LoadFrom(Location);
newPlugin = (PlugIn)ControlLib.CreateInstance(ControlName);
MainPanel.Controls.Add(newPlugin);

this works fine, but the internationalized Plugin with the Satellite
Assemblies does not change the language. At Startup I change the
CurrentUICulture to "de-AT", but my Plugin uses always the Standard.

Thanx for your help

Rudi

"Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]" <x-****@no-spam-please.hotpop.com> wrote
in message news:O9**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Hello Rudolf,

From what I know about satellite assemblies, they should be loaded
automatically by the .NET Framework when you request resources for the
corresponding culture. The trick is to deploy these assemblies to the
correct location and with correct names - to be exact, to a folder named exactly as the culture abbreviation (e.g. de-de or en-us), being

sub-folder
of the folder containing the plug-in DLL.

So the folder structure will be like this:

application.exe
somelibrary.dll
Plug-ins\
SomePlug-in\
SomePlugin.dll
de-DE\
SomePlugin.de-DE.dll
en-AU
SomePlugin.en-AU.dll
fr-FR
SomePlugin.fr-FR.dll

I'd also suggest reviewing the corresponding sections of MSDN Library
as my
memory is not ideal and I could miss something.

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Unit Testing and Integration Environment
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua
Deliver reliable .NET software

"Rudolf Ball" <Ba************@Infineon.com> wrote in message
news:bh**********@newssrv.muc.infineon.com...
> Dear NG,
>
> i want to load a plugin (WinForm) in my Applikation. That works
fine. Now
I
> want to globalize that plugin. So I have to load the Satellite

Assembly, as
> well. But how can I load this (and when?).
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Rudi
>
>


Nov 15 '05 #5
Hi,

As a guess - try moving all the satellite assemblies from their sub-folders
in the Plugins directory to the corresponding sub-folders of the main
application directory. I have a feeling that the Framework probes for
satellite assemblies in sub-folders of the main application directory (as
far as I remember there are several AppDomain-level settings that govern the
probing process).

It should result in a structure like this:

MyApp\
MyApp.exe
SomeLibrary.dll
Plugins\
MyPlugin.dll
fr-FR\
MyPlugin.fr-FR.dll
de-DE\
MyPlugin.de-DE.dll

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Unit Testing and Integration Environment
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua
Deliver reliable .NET software

"DotNetJunkie" <do**********@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:un**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Yes, i do this. But it doesn`t work.
What alternative possibilities do I have?
"Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]" <x-****@no-spam-please.hotpop.com> wrote
in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Rudolf,

How do you load localizable resources in your plug-in (from your sample I
can judge it is actually a Windows Forms User Control)? Do you use
'Localizable' property in your custom controls?

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Unit Testing and Integration Environment
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua
Deliver reliable .NET software

"Rudolf Ball" <Ba************@Infineon.com> wrote in message
news:bh**********@newssrv.muc.infineon.com...
Dear Dmitriy,

thank you very much, but I have done this.
My structure is exactly like yours (folders de-DE, de-AT, en-US).
I load the assembly like this:

Assembly ControlLib;
PlugIn newPlugin;

ControlLib = Assembly.LoadFrom(Location);
newPlugin = (PlugIn)ControlLib.CreateInstance(ControlName);
MainPanel.Controls.Add(newPlugin);

this works fine, but the internationalized Plugin with the Satellite
Assemblies does not change the language. At Startup I change the
CurrentUICulture to "de-AT", but my Plugin uses always the Standard.

Thanx for your help

Rudi

"Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]" <x-****@no-spam-please.hotpop.com>
wrote in message news:O9**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hello Rudolf,
>
> From what I know about satellite assemblies, they should be loaded
> automatically by the .NET Framework when you request resources for the > corresponding culture. The trick is to deploy these assemblies to the > correct location and with correct names - to be exact, to a folder named > exactly as the culture abbreviation (e.g. de-de or en-us), being
sub-folder
> of the folder containing the plug-in DLL.
>
> So the folder structure will be like this:
>
> application.exe
> somelibrary.dll
> Plug-ins\
> SomePlug-in\
> SomePlugin.dll
> de-DE\
> SomePlugin.de-DE.dll
> en-AU
> SomePlugin.en-AU.dll
> fr-FR
> SomePlugin.fr-FR.dll
>
> I'd also suggest reviewing the corresponding sections of MSDN
Library as my
> memory is not ideal and I could miss something.
>
> --
> Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
> X-Unity Unit Testing and Integration Environment
> http://x-unity.miik.com.ua
> Deliver reliable .NET software
>
> "Rudolf Ball" <Ba************@Infineon.com> wrote in message
> news:bh**********@newssrv.muc.infineon.com...
> > Dear NG,
> >
> > i want to load a plugin (WinForm) in my Applikation. That works fine. Now
> I
> > want to globalize that plugin. So I have to load the Satellite

Assembly,
> as
> > well. But how can I load this (and when?).
> >
> > Thank you very much
> >
> > Rudi
> >
> >
>



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