find assemblies in subdirectories

[Lance Johnson]

We were wondering if there was a way to force .Net to search in
subdirectories for assemblies or if anybody knew of some way to do this? So
far I've been looking into the appdomain object. I can add some private
assembly paths, but didn't know if that's the easiest/best way to do this.

Lance Johnson

 

[Guest]

You can also use the <probing> element of the .config file to specify
subdirectories:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ide/html/cpconspecifyingassemblyslocation.asp

HTH, Jakob.

 

[Brock Allen]

ASP.NET takes control over many of the runtime settings, and the probing
setting is not honored.

The only other options are the GAC or a subdirectory under bin with the same
name as the assembly you'd like to load.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

 

[Brock Allen]

ASP.NET takes control over many of the runtime settings, and the

probing setting is not honored.

The only other options are the GAC or a subdirectory under bin with
the same name as the assembly you'd like to load.

Opps, sorry for the mispost. Wrong NG.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

 

[Guest]

Hi Brock,

Are you saying that the <probing> element has no effect? In that case I do
not agree since I have used it. But it seems that you have to use the
<compilation> element as well in order to make it work:

<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<probing privatePath="bin2"/>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>

<system.web>
<compilation
defaultLanguage="c#"
debug="true">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="MyAssemblyName" />
</assemblies>
</compilation>
</system.web>

BTW, bin2 does not have to be a subdirectory of bin but it has to be a
subdirectory of the virtual directory of the asp.net application.

Regards, Jakob.