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Hi friends What is the difference between using Load,LoadFrom and LoadFile methods of the Assembly class.Also wanted an example of use of reflection for Late Binding Thanks

Crish · Answer

pl go through below links.. http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13287 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b61s44e8.aspx will helpful for you.

Vipul Kelkar · Answer

thanks jaish..it was helpful

Jaish Mathews · Answer

Brief Difference You should never use Assembly.LoadFile(). Use LoadFrom() if you know where the assembly is located, use Load() to let .NET figure out where the assembly is located. Using Load() should be your preference but may require a .config file to help .NET find the assembly like below Differentiate LoadFrom and LoadFile Use the LoadFile method to load and examine assemblies that have the same identity, but are located in different paths. LoadFile does not load files into the LoadFrom context, and does not resolve dependencies using the load path, as the LoadFrom method does. LoadFile is useful in this limited scenario because LoadFrom cannot be used to load assemblies that have the same identities but different paths; it will load only the first such assembly.

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