That helps out quite a bit. Thank you. I still can't get it to work right but with the information all of you sent I'm on the right track for figuring it out. I also read the website by Thottam R. Sriram and it was quite informative as well.
Thanks, Mike On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Brad Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Assembly.LoadFrom()... that way lies madness. > > What's happening when you call LoadFrom() is that you're getting a private > copy of the assembly. It doesn't act like an implicitly loaded assembly, so > when you try to create a type based on its fully qualified name, your > privately loaded copy is not able to provide it. > > I'd strongly advise to do this instead: > > Assembly.Load(AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName(filename)); > > rather than Assembly.LoadFrom(). > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Mike Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > > > I'm having difficulty getting Type.GetType(...) and > > Activator.CreateInstance > > working. > > > > I've loaded an assembly into the AppDomain using Assembly.LoadFrom(...). > I > > can look at the AppDomain.GetAssemblies() method and see that the > assembly > > is loaded. However, when I try to create a type from that assembly I get > > this exception: > > > > Could not load file or assembly 'xxxxxxxxx, Version=1.0.0.0, > > Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The > > system > > cannot find the file specified. > > However, if I use the Assembly object from the AppDomain.GetAssemblies() > > method and execute the CreateInstance() method it works. > > > > Any ideas what's going on here? > > > > I was under the impression that Type.GetType(...) searched the AppDomain > > for > > the assembly. > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > =================================== > > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > > http://discuss.develop.com > > > > > > -- > http://bradwilson.typepad.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotnetguy/ > http://www.last.fm/user/dotnetguy/ > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
