dotnet clr: Is there anyway to locate an assembly from a path that is not relative to
the current path without using the GAC?

For instance. I have a .net application in C:\DirA\DirB that needs to use
an assembly class in C:\DirC. Is there a way to have the exe find the
assembly without using the GAC? I read about probing, in the configuration
file, but it states that it can only be specified in terms of relative path.

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Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.

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You can manually load the assembly yourself by hooking the appdomain
AssemblyResolve event, using LoadFrom or LoadFile on the assembly in the
other directory, and returning a reference to it. You should be able to
easily locate some sample code that shows how to do this.

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You can use <CodeBase> setting in the application configuration file. If
the assembly has a strong name, the codebase setting can be anywhere on the
local intranet or the Internet. If the assembly is a private assembly, the
codebase setting must be a path relative to the application's directory.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/ht
ml/gngrfCodeBase.asp


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