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The options that I found were to: Add a reference to PostSharp in Project A. Add dummy code in Project B so that the compiler would detect that the reference is being used. Add a build event to force copy the DLL. I don’t like any of the above solutions. They are hacks in my … Read more
Try doing something like this: var mth = new StackTrace().GetFrame(1).GetMethod(); var cls = mth.ReflectedType.Name; // where 1 illustrates how deep into the stack to reflect. There are more elegant solutions in C# 5.0 >, however if you are using older frameworks, the above will help.
Assembly.GetAssembly assumes you have an instance of the type, and Type.GetType assumes you have the fully qualified type name which includes assembly name. If you only have the base type name, you need to do something more like this: public static String GetAssemblyNameContainingType(String typeName) { foreach (Assembly currentassembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()) { Type t = currentassembly.GetType(typeName, … Read more
You can use Reflector, ILDASM or ILSpy to get the assembly version. You usually can find ILDASM in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\ildasm.exe (where v8.1A is the version of the Windows SDK installed). ILDASM: Reflector:
Resharper shadow copies assemblies for testing by default. If you turn off shadow-copy, it will run in the bin folder and the test should pass. Here are some instructions on turning it off.
ConcurrentDictionary<WeakReference, CachedData> is incorrect in this case. Suppose we are trying to cache info for type T, so WeakReference.Target==typeof(T). CachedData most likely will contain reference for typeof(T) also. As ConcurrentDictionary<TKey, TValue> stores items in the internal collection of Node<TKey, TValue> you will have chain of strong references: ConcurrentDictionary instance -> Node instance -> Value property … Read more
… Could not load file or assembly ‘X’ or one of its dependencies … Most likely it fails to load another dependency. you could try to check the dependencies with a dependency walker. I.e: https://www.dependencywalker.com/ Also check your build configuration (x86 / 64) Edit: I also had this problem once when I was copying dlls … Read more
UPDATE May 2019 : It works perfectly with Visual Studio 2019. UPDATE May 2022 : as mentioned by @Igor Meszaros It also works with Visual Studio 2022. To anyone that is using Visual Studio 2017, there is the latest method : From our beloved IDE, go to “Tools > External Tools…” and “Add” a new … Read more
Runtime is the version of the CLR (or .NET framework) the DLL needs (usually as a minimum), version is the DLL’s version. So long as you have the minimum runtime installed, it should be usable. However as a general rule it is usually best to select the latest version of the library for the latest … Read more