Adding and Removing Assemblies to the CF GAC

[Jatin Sethi]

Hi Everyone:
I have been researching for a way to dynamically add and remove assemblies
to the CF GAC. There are several ways of doing this on the desktop GAC. But
I have not come across any way on the CF.

Any assistance in determining this will be much appreciated. The main idea
behind doing this is to perform assembly updates at run-time.

Thanks,
Jatin Sethi

 

[Lucas Canavan [MSFT]]

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From: "Jatin Sethi" <[email protected]>
Subject: Adding and Removing Assemblies to the CF GAC
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:21:41 -0500
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Hi Everyone:
I have been researching for a way to dynamically add and remove assemblies
to the CF GAC. There are several ways of doing this on the desktop GAC. But
I have not come across any way on the CF.

Any assistance in determining this will be much appreciated. The main idea
behind doing this is to perform assembly updates at run-time.

Thanks,
Jatin Sethi

Hi Jatin,

From the .NET CF FAQ
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/understanding/netcf/FAQ/)

"1.32. How do I programmatically replace Assemblies in the Global Assembly
Cache (GAC)?

One can install and remove Assemblies directly to and from the GAC by
programmatically launching cgacutil.
Remove assemblies from the GAC using the -u option
Install assemblies to the GAC using the -i option
It is typically safest to remove the Assembly before reinstalling it. "

Regards,
Lucas Canavan | Support Professional | Microsoft Developer Support |
B Comp (Info Sys) | MCSD | MCSD for .NET | MCDBA

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