> Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote:
> > Hello, all.
> >
> >
> >   I was wondering what is the right way to load an assembly
> > programmatiacally by name. For example, if it's Company.Library. Is
> > there a way in C# where I can load that into an Assembly object if I
> > only have the name; does it have to be in the GAC in this case?
>
>
> You can load the assembly from disk like this:
>
> Assembly a = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(<FileName>);
> Type[] types = assembly.GetTypes();
>
> You can then loop through all the types to find the class or classes you
> need to work with.
>
> If you need to instantiate the object you'll need to use the
> InvokeMember method on the type object.
>
> Andrew Faust

> I know how to use Assembly.LoadFrom, however, what I'm wondering about
> is how to accomplish the following:
>
>
> Ask the user to enter a namespace, and then load it's assembly,
> example:
>
>
> Console.WriteLine("Enter name space:);   // eg: System.Collections
> string nameSpace = Console.ReadLine();
> Assembly asm = ????????
>
> Console.WriteLine("Loaded assembly: " + asm.FullName);
>
>
> How is that possible? (note: without using an app.config xml file).

> Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote:
> > Hello, all.
> >
> >
> >   I was wondering what is the right way to load an assembly
> > programmatiacally by name. For example, if it's Company.Library. Is
> > there a way in C# where I can load that into an Assembly object if I
> > only have the name; does it have to be in the GAC in this case?
>
>
> You can load the assembly from disk like this:
>
> Assembly a = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(<FileName>);
> Type[] types = assembly.GetTypes();
>
> You can then loop through all the types to find the class or classes you
> need to work with.
>
> If you need to instantiate the object you'll need to use the
> InvokeMember method on the type object.
>
> Andrew Faust