Parent Assembly from Component

[Guest]

I've created a class library of controls/components. For the component i
implemented a custom designer that tracks the custom controls added to a
form. If i wanted to serialize the component out to a resource in the forms
assy, how do I get the reference to the Forms assy? Since it's a component
there is no FindForm method.... GetCallingAssy doesn't seem to work either...
I have to do it from the component so that on instantiation I can reload it
with all the useful data....

 

[Mattias Sjögren]

If i wanted to serialize the component out to a resource in the forms
assy, how do I get the reference to the Forms assy? Since it's a component
there is no FindForm method.... GetCallingAssy doesn't seem to work either...

Are you looking for IComponent.Site?


Mattias

 

[Guest]

Mattias,
IComponent.Site just returns the designerhost not the parent form or assy.
But i did figure out how to get there from the designerhost.... it's a bit
convoluted. Anyone know an easier way?

ISite s = component.Site;
IDesignerHost DH = (IDesignerHost) s.Container;
Assembly a =
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetAssembly(DH.RootComponent.GetType());