Use Load or LoadFrom to load an assembly

[Karen]

Hi,
Which method is recommended (load or loadfrom) for loading
assemblies, both in terms of performance and versioning of assmeblies?


Thanks
Karen

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

It depends of the use you want, in LoadFrom you set the location of the
file , this should be faster than Load() which has to look in several
locations , also in the latter you search by assembly name where in LoadFrom
you look by filename.

I would recommend to use Load(0 if that suits you.

Regarding speed LoadFrom() may be faster, it does not have to search on
several locations.


Cheers,

 

[Junfeng Zhang[MSFT]]

Did you try it when you make the performance claim?

LoadFrom() is always slower than Load(), in v1.0 and v1.1, due the the
second Load() after LoadFrom().
http://blogs.msdn.com/suzcook/archive/2003/09/16/57247.aspx

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi ,

No I did not , in fact I have never had the need to load an assembly, it
was just a kind of "logic" assumption, LoadFrom may has to look in several
places , whether LoadFrom knows exactly where the assembly is located, so I
thought it should be faster.

As you pointed out I was wrong

My fault for giving an opinion lightly

Cheers,

 

[Junfeng Zhang[MSFT]]

If you read Suzanne's blog http://blogs.msdn.com/suzcook, you will know she
always recommend Assembly.Load().