How to make seamless interop between Managed C++ & native C++ in web service?

[Morgan Cheng]

I have one webservice written in MC++, which uses another native DLL
deployed in %webservice_install_dir%\bin folder. The API invocation
between MC++ and native C++ looks seamless. The compilation is fine.
However, after deployment, each request fails with "The specified
module cound not found" exception.

It turns out to be the Managed assembly is copied to someplace at
runtime. In my machine, it is "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework
\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\5c0b5088\d4448a2e\assembly
\dl3\74696405\8e22ec8e_55cfc701". And the native DLL is still in
"%webservice_install_dir%\bin". I tried copying the native DLL to the
"C:\Windows\...." foldeer, and then the service works fine.

This is annoying. Is there any way to make the Managed assembly find
the native DLL, even after it is copied to another place?

Thanks.

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[FileNotFoundException]: The specified module could not be found.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String
codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly loca
ionHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound,
Boolean forIntrospection)
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assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stac
Mark, Boolean forIntrospection)
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Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMa
k, Boolean forIntrospection)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String assemblyString)
at
System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAs semblyHelper(String
assemblyName, Boolean starDirective)
[ConfigurationErrorsException]: The specified module could not be
found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
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System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAs semblyHelper(String
assemblyName, Boolean starDirective)
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virtualPath)
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System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildR esultInternal(VirtualPath
virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean
allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile)
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System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildR esultWithNoAssert(HttpContext
context, VirtualPath virtualPath,
Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean
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System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildR esult(HttpContext
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System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebServiceHandlerFac tory.GetHandler(HttpContext
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methodName, Object[] parameters)
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