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

RE: find assemblies in subdirectories by jch

jch
Tue Apr 19 09:15:04 CDT 2005

You can also use the <probing> element of the .config file to specify
subdirectories:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconspecifyingassemblyslocation.asp

HTH, Jakob.


"Lance Johnson" wrote:

> 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
>
>
>

RE: find assemblies in subdirectories by jch

jch
Wed Apr 20 02:00:02 CDT 2005

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.


"Brock Allen" wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> > You can also use the <probing> element of the .config file to specify
> > subdirectories:
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgui
> > de/html/cpconspecifyingassemblyslocation.asp
> >
> > HTH, Jakob.
> >
> > "Lance Johnson" wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>
>
>
>
>