File or assembly name XXX, or one of its dependencies, was not found

[lgbjr]

Hi All,

I am moving some of my MDI Child forms to DLLs. The first 3 forms worked
fine. But the 4th one is causing me some grief! I use the following code to
load a form from a DLL:

Dim asmAssemblyCont ainingForm As [Assembly] =
[Assembly].LoadFrom("neic onv.dll")
Dim TypeToLoad As Type =
asmAssemblyCont ainingForm.GetT ype("neiconv.Fr m_ND")
Dim GenericInstance As Object
GenericInstance = Activator.Creat eInstance(TypeT oLoad)

Dim NDfrm As Form = CType(GenericIn stance, Form)
NDfrm.MdiParent = Me
NDfrm.Text = NDfrm.Text + " for " +
Frm_ND.NDncffna me(Frm_ND.NDncf fname.Length - 1)
NDfrm.Show()

The form (DLL) that is causing problems does not use any different form
components than the first three, but I get the following exception at the
first line of code above:

File or assembly name neiconv.dll, or one of its dependencies, was not
found.

at System.Reflecti on.Assembly.nLo ad(AssemblyName fileName, String
codeBase, Boolean isStringized, Evidence assemblySecurit y, Boolean
throwOnFileNotF ound, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Int ernalLoad(Assem blyName assemblyRef,
Boolean stringized, Evidence assemblySecurit y, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Loa dFrom(String assemblyFile, Evidence
securityEvidenc e, Byte[] hashValue, AssemblyHashAlg orithm hashAlgorithm)
at System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Loa dFrom(String assemblyFile, Evidence
securityEvidenc e)
at System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Loa dFrom(String assemblyFile)
at CNRGITools.Main MDI.Menu_ND_Cli ck(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\My
Documents\Visua l Studio 2003\Projects\C NRGITools\MainM DI\F_main.vb:li ne 2196
The DLL itself compiles fine.

Any ideas?

TIA
Lee

[lgbjr]

Hi All,

Another piece of information (maybe useless):

I'm catching the exception mentioned previously. After the exception occurs,
other forms that I try to load (from other DLLs) throw the same exception.
Once I restart the app, the other forms load fine.

Regards,
Lee
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Hi All,

I am moving some of my MDI Child forms to DLLs. The first 3 forms worked
fine. But the 4th one is causing me some grief! I use the following code
to load a form from a DLL:

Dim asmAssemblyCont ainingForm As [Assembly] =
[Assembly].LoadFrom("neic onv.dll")
Dim TypeToLoad As Type =
asmAssemblyCont ainingForm.GetT ype("neiconv.Fr m_ND")
Dim GenericInstance As Object
GenericInstance = Activator.Creat eInstance(TypeT oLoad)

Dim NDfrm As Form = CType(GenericIn stance, Form)
NDfrm.MdiParent = Me
NDfrm.Text = NDfrm.Text + " for " +
Frm_ND.NDncffna me(Frm_ND.NDncf fname.Length - 1)
NDfrm.Show()

The form (DLL) that is causing problems does not use any different form
components than the first three, but I get the following exception at the
first line of code above:

File or assembly name neiconv.dll, or one of its dependencies, was not
found.

at System.Reflecti on.Assembly.nLo ad(AssemblyName fileName, String
codeBase, Boolean isStringized, Evidence assemblySecurit y, Boolean
throwOnFileNotF ound, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Int ernalLoad(Assem blyName assemblyRef,
Boolean stringized, Evidence assemblySecurit y, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Loa dFrom(String assemblyFile, Evidence
securityEvidenc e, Byte[] hashValue, AssemblyHashAlg orithm hashAlgorithm)
at System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Loa dFrom(String assemblyFile, Evidence
securityEvidenc e)
at System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Loa dFrom(String assemblyFile)
at CNRGITools.Main MDI.Menu_ND_Cli ck(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\My
Documents\Visua l Studio 2003\Projects\C NRGITools\MainM DI\F_main.vb:li ne
2196
The DLL itself compiles fine.

Any ideas?

TIA
Lee