Locate assemblies in "common files" directory

[sudhakar]

Hi
I've two products which share lot of common DLLs. I want to create a common
directory (under say c:\program files\common files\company name) and store
these common DLLS.

Now how can i make my executables (or other assemblies) search for the
dependecnt DLLs in this common directory ?

Thanks

-sudhakar

 

[Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant]

Why not put these files in the GAC? That's why MS created it.

Chris

 

[sudhakar]

Thanks chris
Due to our company's internal policies, we wud like to maintain it in the
"common files" folder. Is there any way i can give this path , probably in
the app.config ?
-sudhakar

 

[David Levine]

If you can create an app.config file for each product then for each common
file you can specify a codebase hint. This allows you to put the file in a
directory other then the application's and the runtime will be able to
access it.