user defined reference directory

[Rene Sørensen]

Is there a way to decide where all my class libraries (dlls) are
located instead of just having them in the same directory as the main
application? What I'm thinking is to have a directory structure like
this
"c:\program files\app\system\" for dlls
"c:\program files\app\app.exe" my application file
"c:\program files\app\plugins\" my plugins
How do I tell my exe and plug-ins to look for the reference in another
directory?

[Arne Vajhøj]

Rene Sørensen wrote:

Is there a way to decide where all my class libraries (dlls) are
located instead of just having them in the same directory as the main
application? What I'm thinking is to have a directory structure like
this
"c:\program files\app\system\" for dlls
"c:\program files\app\app.exe" my application file
"c:\program files\app\plugins\" my plugins
How do I tell my exe and plug-ins to look for the reference in another
directory?

PATH ? GAC ?

Arne

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Rene,

You will want to use the <problingelement in the configuration file to
specify private sub-directories to search for assemblies in. For more
information, check out the section of the MSDN documentation titled
"<probingElement", located at:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/823z9h8w.aspx

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Rene Sørensen" <re**@deltadk.dkwrote in message
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Is there a way to decide where all my class libraries (dlls) are
located instead of just having them in the same directory as the main
application? What I'm thinking is to have a directory structure like
this
"c:\program files\app\system\" for dlls
"c:\program files\app\app.exe" my application file
"c:\program files\app\plugins\" my plugins
How do I tell my exe and plug-ins to look for the reference in another
directory?

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

The runtime doesn't access the PATH variable at all when loading
assemblies.

The GAC isn't what is desired here, since the OP wants private sub
directories to search for assemblies in.

The best option is to use the <probingelement in the app config file.
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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Arne Vajhøj" <ar**@vajhoej.dkwrote in message
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Rene Sørensen wrote:

>Is there a way to decide where all my class libraries (dlls) are
located instead of just having them in the same directory as the main
application? What I'm thinking is to have a directory structure like
this
"c:\program files\app\system\" for dlls
"c:\program files\app\app.exe" my application file "c:\program
files\app\plugins\" my plugins
How do I tell my exe and plug-ins to look for the reference in another
directory?

PATH ? GAC ?

Arne

[Rene Sørensen]

Thanks for the quick response this was very helpfully.
I have another question, can I use <problingwhen I need a reference
from a "c:\program files\app\plugins\" to a dll located in "c:\program
files\app\system\". I should maybe say here that my plug-ins is dlls
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:53:18 -0400, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.comwrote:

>Rene,

You will want to use the <problingelement in the configuration file to
specify private sub-directories to search for assemblies in. For more
information, check out the section of the MSDN documentation titled
"<probingElement", located at:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/823z9h8w.aspx

Hope this helps.

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Rene,

As long as your app resides in "c:\program files\app" and you list
plugins and system in the probing element, your assemblies should be able to
resolve references correctly.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Rene Sørensen" <re**@deltadk.dkwrote in message
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>
Thanks for the quick response this was very helpfully.
I have another question, can I use <problingwhen I need a reference
from a "c:\program files\app\plugins\" to a dll located in "c:\program
files\app\system\". I should maybe say here that my plug-ins is dlls
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:53:18 -0400, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.comwrote:

>>Rene,

You will want to use the <problingelement in the configuration file
to
specify private sub-directories to search for assemblies in. For more
information, check out the section of the MSDN documentation titled
"<probingElement", located at:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/823z9h8w.aspx

Hope this helps.

[Rene Sørensen]

Nicholas Paldino

Thanks for your help, you solved my problem. In my appConfig i just
needed to have multiple defines, so now it looks like this
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<probing privatePath="system\;plugins\"/>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:48:31 -0400, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.comwrote:

>Rene,

As long as your app resides in "c:\program files\app" and you list
plugins and system in the probing element, your assemblies should be able to
resolve references correctly.