private static Assembly LoadFromGacOrAppDir(AssemblyQuery q)
{
if (!q.IsPartialName)
throw new AssemblyNotFoundException(
q.Query
+ " is not a valid assembly name (it should NOT end with "
+ AssemblyQuery.ASSEMBLY_EXTENSION + ")"
);
Assembly a = null;
try
{
a = Assembly.Load(q.ToAssemblyName());
return a;
}
catch (Exception err)
{
try
{
// try to load it from the current application directory
string assemblyPath = Path.Combine(Location.ApplicationDirectory,
q.Query + AssemblyQuery.ASSEMBLY_EXTENSION);
a = Assembly.LoadFrom(assemblyPath);
return a;
}
catch(Exception e)
{
#if COMPACT
throw new AssemblyNotFoundException(q.Query, e);
#else
// if all else failed, try LoadWithPartialName. This is
// necessary for GTK# on Windows since it only provides
// .NET 1.0 versions which are not found by Assembly.Load
// on .NET 2.0.
a = Assembly.LoadWithPartialName(q.Query);
if (a != null)
return a;
else
throw new AssemblyNotFoundException(q.Query, e);
#endif
}
}
}
