/// <summary>
/// Uninstalls an assembly from the GAC.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="assemblyName">Fully specified assembly name.</param>
/// <param name="reference">Application which is uninstalling the assembly.</param>
/// <returns>Resulting assembly disposition.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// The assemblyName parameter has to be a fully specified name.
/// A.k.a, for v1.0/v1.1 assemblies, it should be "name, Version=xx, Culture=xx, PublicKeyToken=xx".
/// For v2.0 assemblies, it should be "name, Version=xx, Culture=xx, PublicKeyToken=xx, ProcessorArchitecture=xx".
/// If assemblyName is not fully specified, a random matching assembly will be uninstalled.
/// </remarks>
public static AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition UninstallAssembly(string assemblyName, InstallReference reference)
{
var dispResult = AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition.Uninstalled;
if (reference != null)
{
if (!InstallReferenceGuid.IsValidGuidScheme(reference.GuidScheme))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid reference guid.", "guid");
}
}
IAssemblyCache ac = null;
int hr = Fusion.CreateAssemblyCache(out ac, 0);
if (hr >= 0)
{
hr = ac.UninstallAssembly(0, assemblyName, reference, out dispResult);
}
if (hr < 0)
{
Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
}
return(dispResult);
}
public static string QueryAssemblyInfo(string assemblyName)
{
if (assemblyName == null)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid name", "assemblyName");
}
AssemblyInfo aInfo = new AssemblyInfo();
aInfo.cchBuf = 1024;
// Get a string with the desired length
aInfo.currentAssemblyPath = new string('\0', aInfo.cchBuf);
IAssemblyCache ac = null;
int hr = Fusion.CreateAssemblyCache(out ac, 0);
if (hr >= 0)
{
hr = ac.QueryAssemblyInfo(0, assemblyName, ref aInfo);
}
if (hr < 0)
{
Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
}
return(aInfo.currentAssemblyPath);
}
/// <summary>
/// Installs an assembly to the GAC.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="assemblyPath">Path to assembly to install.</param>
/// <param name="reference">Describes the application which is installing the assembly.</param>
/// <param name="flags">Additional assembly commit flags.</param>
public static void InstallAssembly(string assemblyPath, InstallReference reference, AssemblyCommitFlags flags)
{
if (reference != null)
{
if (!InstallReferenceGuid.IsValidGuidScheme(reference.GuidScheme))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid reference guid.", "guid");
}
}
IAssemblyCache ac = null;
int hr = 0;
hr = Fusion.CreateAssemblyCache(out ac, 0);
if (hr >= 0)
{
hr = ac.InstallAssembly((int)flags, assemblyPath, reference);
}
if (hr < 0)
{
Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
}
}