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h_a86
h_a86

Reputation: 772

.net reflection assembly loading exception

Hi i am loading an assembly as

Assembly testAssembly = Assembly.LoadFile("abc.dll");
Type t = testAssembly.GetType("abc.dll");

but getting an error "Absolute path information is required" however my dll is located in the same folder

Upvotes: 6

Views: 5221

Answers (3)

Iqra.
Iqra.

Reputation: 763

Reading the DLL file from the specific path directly creates issues so either you have to provide the absolute path or you can just try LoadFrom()

Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(@"D:/CodeDLL.dll");
Type t= assembly.GetType("YourNamespace.YourClass");

Upvotes: 0

si618
si618

Reputation: 16848

wal has a good point about the GetType method call, but to answer the question:

string path = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "abc.dll");
Assembly testAssembly = Assembly.LoadFile(path);

If AppDomain.CurrentDomain isn't reliable, then a slightly more convoluted way:

string path = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), "abc.dll");

Upvotes: 7

wal
wal

Reputation: 17719

You don't need to call Assembly.LoadFile if your dll is a .NET dll and in the same folder. You can simply call 

Type t = Type.GetType("SomeType");

Are you really trying to get the type 'abc.dll' ? This should be a class name, not an assembly name.

Upvotes: 1

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