how do i get the root\bin directory using framework?

[TS]

i want to be able to load a dll from the bin folder, but want a mechanism
that will work without directly specifying \bin, even with changes that come
with vs 2005.

i know i can use Request.ApplicationPath and then append \bin to it, but
don't want this method to break later if the compiled dll files don't always
go there.

is there a method i can call that gets the location of the dll file
directly?

thanks

 

[Guest]

I'm not sure but I think if you just use Assembly.Load (or one of the
overloads) it should probe for the bin folder automatically.
Look at the documentation on the various Load methods of the Assembly class.
Peter

 

[TS]

thanks, I'll look.

Hey Peter, i've been to your site and i am impressed with it all. When i
google an issue and get an article from there i always know it will be good.
Keep up the good work

 

[TS]

all of them are relative to the directory they are in and an absolute path
is necessary.

So would there be problems in vs 2005

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi TS,

As for the ASP.NET's private assembly's probing path, it remains only the
sub "bin" dir. So if you just want to access assemblies there, you can just
concatenate the applicaiton's root dir's apth with "bin" ... e.g:

Server.MapPath("~/bin") can directly get the private bin dir of the current
running asp.net application...

Thanks,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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| >> i want to be able to load a dll from the bin folder, but want a
mechanism
| >> that will work without directly specifying \bin, even with changes
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| >> come
| >> with vs 2005.
| >>
| >> i know i can use Request.ApplicationPath and then append \bin to it,
but
| >> don't want this method to break later if the compiled dll files don't
| >> always
| >> go there.
| >>
| >> is there a method i can call that gets the location of the dll file
| >> directly?
| >>
| >> thanks
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