I'm developing a Sharepoint application and use .NET AjaxControlToolkit library, we are adding a custom aspx page to the Sharepoint. Sharepoint 2007 run in quirks mode so I've made some modification to the AJAX library to make it behave like it normally should. The problem is, the other team already use AJAX library and it is a different...
I'm using an XmlSerializer to deserialize a particular type in mscorelib.dll XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer( typeof( [.Net type in System] ) ); return ([.Net type in System]) ser.Deserialize( new StringReader( xmlValue ) ); This throws a caught FileNotFoundException when the assembly is loaded: "Could not load file or assem...
What recommendations can you give for a system which must do the following: Load Plugins (and eventually execute them) but have 2 methods of loading these plugins: Load only authorized plugins (developed by the owner of the software) Load all plugins And we need to be reasonably secure that the authorized plugins are the real deal...
How can I determine all of the assemblies that my .NET desktop application has loaded? I'd like to put them in the about box so I can query customers over the phone to determine what version of XYZ they have on their PC. It would be nice to see both managed and unmanaged assemblies. I realize the list will get long but I plan to slap ...
I am thinking about providing the version of say, the database schema, and the dlls for business logic in the footer of my web application. Is this advised? Are there any pitfalls, or pointers of how to do this best? Usability concerns? I already have a version scheme, for both schema and dlls, used in my CI solution. ...
I have a set of multiple assemblies (one assembly is to be used as an API and it depends on other assemblies). I would like to merge all assemblies into one single assembly but prevent all assemblies except the API one to be visible from the outside. I will then obfuscate this assembly with Xenocode. From what I have seen, it is impossi...
I have a solution consisting of 5 projects, each of which compile to separate assemblies. Right now I'm code-signing them, but I'm pretty sure I'm doing it wrong. What's the best practice here? Sign each with a different key; make sure the passwords are different Sign each with a different key; use the same password if you want Sign ea...
Is there a way of getting all required assemblies (excluding the .net framework) for a .net project into a folder ready to be packaged into an nsis as setup file? I've tried writing a small console app that uses reflection to get a list of dlls but have got stuck with finding a foolproof way of determining if a dll is from the .net fram...
How can I tell from the assemblyName, or Assembly class (or others like it), whether an assembly is part of the .net framework (ie System.windows.Forms)? So far I've considered the PublicKeyToken, and CodeBase properties, but these are not always the same for the whole framework. Edit: The reason I want this info is to get a list of ...
Using reflection, I need to load 2 different versions of the same assembly. Can I load the 2 versions in 2 different AppDomains in the same process? I need to do some data migration from the old version of the app to the new version. Please let me know if this is possible or should I use 2 separate processes. ...
I was messing around with RhinoMocks this morning and couldn't run my tests because RhinoMocks.dll was not in a "trusted location". The assembly is in my c:\documents and settings\\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects (and so on) folder. What's the deal? ...
This is related to the this question and the answer maybe the same but I'll ask anyways. I understand that we can start managed executables from the network from .NET 3.5 SP1 but what about assemblies loaded from inside the executable? Does the same thing apply? ...
I have a solution with multiple project. I am trying to optimize AssemblyInfo.cs files by linking one solution wide assembly info file. What are the best practices for doing this? Which attributes should be in solution wide file and which are project/assembly specific? Edit: If you are interested there is a follow up question What are...
There are three assembly version attributes. What are differences? Is it ok if I use AssemblyVersion and ignore the rest? MSDN says: AssemblyVersion: Specifies the version of the assembly being attributed. AssemblyFileVersion: Instructs a compiler to use a specific version number for the Win32 file version resource. The Wi...
What are some important practices to follow when creating a .NET assembly that is going to be embedded to SQL Server 2005? I am brand new to this, and I've found that there are significant method attributes like: [SqlFunction(FillRowMethodName = "FillRow", TableDefinition = "letter nchar(1)")] I'm also looking for common pitfalls to a...
How do you usually go about separating your codebase and associated unit tests? I know people who create a separate project for unit tests, which I personally find confusing and difficult to maintain. On the other hand, if you mix up code and its tests in a single project, you end up with binaries related to your unit test framework (be ...
This is all hypothetical, so please bear with me. Say I'm writing a tool in C# called Foo. The output is foo.exe. I've found some really great library that I like to use called Bar, which I can reference as bar.dll in my project. When I build my project, I have foo.exe and bar.dll in my output directory. Good so far. What I'd like ...
I am wondering what is considered as best practice when it comes to assemblies and releases. I would like to be able to reference multiple versions of the same library - solution contains multiple projects that depend on different versions of a commonutils.dll library we build ourselves. As all dependencies are copied to the bin/debug o...
For deployment reasons, I am trying to use IJW to wrap a C# assembly in C++ instead of using a COM Callable Wrapper. I've done it on other projects, but on this one, I am getting an EEFileLoadException. Any help would be appreciated! Managed C++ wrapper code (this is in a DLL): extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) IMyObject* CreateMyOb...
I have an assembly which should not be used by any application other than the designated executable. Please give me some instructions to do so. ...