could not load dll or one of its dependency

我们知道dotnet的dll的依赖dll，要么加入GAC要么就要在exe的目录下才能反射加载，放到path目录下都不行。

不过网上通过这种加载搜索的方式可以实现非exe目录的依赖dll加载。

a. My C# program will load a dll (which is dynamic), for now let's take a.dll (similarly my program will load more dll like b.dll, c.dll, etc....).

b. My program will invoke a method "Onstart" inside a.dll (it's constant for all the dll).

I am able to achieve the above 2 cases by reflection mechanism.

The problem is

a. If my a.dll have any reference say xx.dll or yy.dll, then when I try to Invoke

OnStart method of a.dll from my program. I am getting "could not load dll or one of its dependency". See the code snippet

Assembly assm = Assembly.LoadFrom(@"C:/Balaji/Test/a.dll");foreach (Type tp in assm.GetTypes()){  if (tp.IsClass)  {    MethodInfo mi = tp.GetMethod("OnStart");    if (mi != null)   {      object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(tp);      mi.Invoke(obj,null);      break;    }   } }

typically i am getting error on the line "object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(tp);" this is because a.dll has reference of xx.dll, but in my program i don't have the reference of xx.dll. Also, I cannot have the reference of xx.dll in my program because a.dll is a external assembly and can have any reference on it's own.

Basically, in the AssemblyResolve event, you need to load the referenced assemblies manually.

private Assembly AssemblyResolveHandler(object sender,ResolveEventArgs e){    try    {        string[] assemblyDetail = e.Name.Split(',');        string assemblyBasePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);        Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(assemblyBasePath + @"/" + assemblyDetail[0] + ".dll");        return assembly;    }    catch (Exception ex)    {        throw new ApplicationException("Failed resolving assembly", ex);    }}

Not the best code, but should give you a general idea, I hope.

I do, however, agree that plugin-dlls should be packaged for complete, dependancy-less use. If they are allowed to load assemblies you don't have control over, then who knows what might happen.