Comments on: Reflection - Loading The Assembly http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/04/10/reflection-loading-the-assembly/ ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, Visual Studio, CSharp, VB.NET and other programming items of interest. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:38:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mihail http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/04/10/reflection-loading-the-assembly/#comment-470 Mihail Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:31:19 +0000 http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/04/10/reflection-loading-the-assembly/#comment-470 I agree about LoadFrom() - just wanted to clarify in a way that the references to the libraries are not needed in a real reflection case - I am the 1% that got a bit confused about adding the references. Anyway - thanks for doing it, great way to learn something! I agree about LoadFrom() - just wanted to clarify in a way that the references to the libraries are not needed in a real reflection case - I am the 1% that got a bit confused about adding the references.
Anyway - thanks for doing it, great way to learn something!

]]> By: Dave http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/04/10/reflection-loading-the-assembly/#comment-469 Dave Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:29:48 +0000 http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/04/10/reflection-loading-the-assembly/#comment-469 Of course you could instantiate it directly, but I clearly state that the reason we added the reference is to get the dll in the same directory as the EXE which is required for the standard way of loading an assembly, which is what 99% of the people who would watch this video would want to do. If I wanted to illustrate how to load from a directory outside of the default directories, I would have used LoadFrom, or some other method that did that. The problem with LoadFrom is that it is as equally confusing because then everyone would think that LoadFrom is the way to load an assembly. Most of the time it is not. Of course you could instantiate it directly, but I clearly state that the reason we added the reference is to get the dll in the same directory as the EXE which is required for the standard way of loading an assembly, which is what 99% of the people who would watch this video would want to do.

If I wanted to illustrate how to load from a directory outside of the default directories, I would have used LoadFrom, or some other method that did that.

The problem with LoadFrom is that it is as equally confusing because then everyone would think that LoadFrom is the way to load an assembly. Most of the time it is not.

]]> By: Mihail http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/04/10/reflection-loading-the-assembly/#comment-468 Mihail Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:14:27 +0000 http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/04/10/reflection-loading-the-assembly/#comment-468 The part with adding the library reference to your form project - you can create the object via new instead of loading the assembly... I understand the purpose but it makes is a bit confusing (LoadFrom(path) would of avoid adding the reference and made it a bit clear IMHO for this particular exercise). The part with adding the library reference to your form project - you can create the object via new instead of loading the assembly… I understand the purpose but it makes is a bit confusing (LoadFrom(path) would of avoid adding the reference and made it a bit clear IMHO for this particular exercise).

]]> By: ramil http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/04/10/reflection-loading-the-assembly/#comment-450 ramil Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:14:53 +0000 http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/04/10/reflection-loading-the-assembly/#comment-450 Thanks, this is a good start for me. Thanks, this is a good start for me.

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