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Friday, May 30, 2003 8:14 PM

Avoid Partial Binds

A partial bind is when only part of the assembly display name is given when loading an assembly. Assembly.LoadWithPartialName() also uses partial binding. First, it calls Assembly.Load(). But, if that fails to find the assembly, it will return the latest
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Friday, May 30, 2003 12:34 AM

Using Type.GetType(typeName)

If no assembly is specified, Type.GetType() will only look in the calling assembly and then mscorlib.dll for the type. For it to look in any other assembly, you need to give the Type.AssemblyQualifiedName for the type. For example: Type.GetType("System.Uri,
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Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:56 PM

When to Change File/Assembly Versions

First of all, file versions and assembly versions need not coincide with each other. I recommend that file versions change with each build. But, don’t change assembly versions with each build just so that you can tell the difference between two versions
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Thursday, May 29, 2003 6:58 PM

Choosing a Binding Context

There are three 'contexts' for assembly binding: Load context In general, if the assembly was found by probing in the GAC, a host assembly store (if hosted), or the ApplicationBase / PrivateBinPaths of the AppDomain, the assembly will be loaded in the
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Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:26 PM

Assembly Display Names

An assembly display name should include the assembly simple name, version, culture and public key token. The assembly simple name is usually the file name of the assembly without the extension (“.dll” or “.exe”). For example, the assembly display name
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Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:09 PM

Debugging Assembly Loading Failures

So...you're seeing a FileNotFoundException, FileLoadException, BadImageFormatException or you suspect an assembly loading failure? Try the steps below to start your debugging process. First, get the Message property from the exception. If the exception's
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