How do I specify an assembly's location?

[McBugzz]

Hi,

I've got an executable which depends on an assembly. The executable runs fine when the assembly sits right next to it in the same folder.

Is there a way to remove the assembly from the folder where the executable sits and put is somewhere else, without getting "System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly" on startup?

Thanks!

 

[jmeckley]

why would you not want to? this makes deployments, versioning, and updates very simple.

You can register assemblies in the GAC, but I find this makes deployment more complex and error prone.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

faq855-7190

 

[phinoppix]

If I remember correctly, .NET checks an assembly from the ffg: %APP_PATH%, <root dir>, %windir%, %winsystem%, %PATH%, GAC. The order of searching I can't remember.

(am also wondering why you would want to move the assm)

hth