"Amruta" <amruta.chit***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1154464664.412270.231120@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I have an Assembly version 1.1.8.1 in the GAC.My problem is that I want
> to use an assembly with the same version outside GAC.
> I have tried using <codebase> element by specifying the path to the
> required Assembly,but the CLR is still loading the Assembly from the
> GAC.
> <configuration>
> <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
> <dependentAssembly>
> <assemblyIdentity name="AssemblyTest"
> publickeyToken="ebf3388bf6e61e92" culture="neutral"/>
> <codebase version="1.1.8.1" href="FILE://C:/......dll"/>
> </dependentAssembly>
> </assemblyBinding>
> </configuration>
>
> Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in Advance.
>

> CLR first searches the GAC when trying to load an assembly.. I am not really
> sure you can load a strong named assembly with the same version from a
> private folder if its allready installed in GAC.
>
> But I heard some folks were able to achieve this with "LoadWithPartialName"
> method in 1.1. You might wanna give a try
>
> "Amruta" <amruta.chit***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154464664.412270.231120@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi,
> > I have an Assembly version 1.1.8.1 in the GAC.My problem is that I want
> > to use an assembly with the same version outside GAC.
> > I have tried using <codebase> element by specifying the path to the
> > required Assembly,but the CLR is still loading the Assembly from the
> > GAC.
> > <configuration>
> > <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
> > <dependentAssembly>
> > <assemblyIdentity name="AssemblyTest"
> > publickeyToken="ebf3388bf6e61e92" culture="neutral"/>
> > <codebase version="1.1.8.1" href="FILE://C:/......dll"/>
> > </dependentAssembly>
> > </assemblyBinding>
> > </configuration>
> >
> > Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks in Advance.
> >

"Amruta" <amruta.chit***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1154975302.433772.114030@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Hey,
> Thanks for the reply. I have tried using Assembly. Load Method. However
> I was thinking more on the lines of making changes in the app.config
> file to load the desired version of the assembly. Any idea on how I can
> do that?
> Thanks,
> Amruta
> Kumar Reddi wrote:
>> CLR first searches the GAC when trying to load an assembly.. I am not
>> really
>> sure you can load a strong named assembly with the same version from a
>> private folder if its allready installed in GAC.
>>
>> But I heard some folks were able to achieve this with
>> "LoadWithPartialName"
>> method in 1.1. You might wanna give a try
>>
>> "Amruta" <amruta.chit***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154464664.412270.231120@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hi,
>> > I have an Assembly version 1.1.8.1 in the GAC.My problem is that I want
>> > to use an assembly with the same version outside GAC.
>> > I have tried using <codebase> element by specifying the path to the
>> > required Assembly,but the CLR is still loading the Assembly from the
>> > GAC.
>> > <configuration>
>> > <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
>> > <dependentAssembly>
>> > <assemblyIdentity name="AssemblyTest"
>> > publickeyToken="ebf3388bf6e61e92" culture="neutral"/>
>> > <codebase version="1.1.8.1" href="FILE://C:/......dll"/>
>> > </dependentAssembly>
>> > </assemblyBinding>
>> > </configuration>
>> >
>> > Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.
>> > Thanks in Advance.
>> >
>

> As I said before.. no matter what kind of configuration you have in your
> configuration files, CLR will load the GAC version of the strong named
> assembly, if the private and GAC versions have the same version number. The
> best way to avoid this problem is to use different version number each time
> the assembly is changed
>
> "Amruta" <amruta.chit***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154975302.433772.114030@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Hey,
> > Thanks for the reply. I have tried using Assembly. Load Method. However
> > I was thinking more on the lines of making changes in the app.config
> > file to load the desired version of the assembly. Any idea on how I can
> > do that?
> > Thanks,
> > Amruta
> > Kumar Reddi wrote:
> >> CLR first searches the GAC when trying to load an assembly.. I am not
> >> really
> >> sure you can load a strong named assembly with the same version from a
> >> private folder if its allready installed in GAC.
> >>
> >> But I heard some folks were able to achieve this with
> >> "LoadWithPartialName"
> >> method in 1.1. You might wanna give a try
> >>
> >> "Amruta" <amruta.chit***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1154464664.412270.231120@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I have an Assembly version 1.1.8.1 in the GAC.My problem is that I want
> >> > to use an assembly with the same version outside GAC.
> >> > I have tried using <codebase> element by specifying the path to the
> >> > required Assembly,but the CLR is still loading the Assembly from the
> >> > GAC.
> >> > <configuration>
> >> > <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
> >> > <dependentAssembly>
> >> > <assemblyIdentity name="AssemblyTest"
> >> > publickeyToken="ebf3388bf6e61e92" culture="neutral"/>
> >> > <codebase version="1.1.8.1" href="FILE://C:/......dll"/>
> >> > </dependentAssembly>
> >> > </assemblyBinding>
> >> > </configuration>
> >> >
> >> > Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.
> >> > Thanks in Advance.
> >> >
> >