loading Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.dll via reflection (can't find location)

[Chance Hopkins]

Either of these work, if I have the dll in the bin with my app. When I
delete it, I get an IO error.

System.Reflection.Assembly a =
System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom("Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.dll");

System.Reflection.Assembly a =
System.Reflection.Assembly.Load("Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms,
Version=1.0.5000.0,Culture=neutral");

How do I use the installed assembly? and where is it? I did a search of my
whole device and it didn't turn up. I have 1.1 sp3 and 2.0 installed.

 

[Chris Tacke, MVP]

The first fails because the files are in the GAC and are named accordingly
(use remote reg editor to see the DLLs in the Windows folder - you'll see
what I mean. Look for files with names that start with "GAC_". The second
probably fails because you've got the wrong version number. Use cgautil to
check

-Chris

 

[Chance Hopkins]

Thanks for the suggestions. I got the right version number from cgacutil and
found the files in the windows directory.

I tried these three and still it won't load:

Assembly.Load("Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms,
Version=1.0.4292.0,Culture=neutral");
Assembly.LoadFrom("GAC_Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms_v1_0_5000_0_cneutral_1.dll");
Assembly.LoadFrom("\\\\Windows\\GAC_Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms_v1_0_5000_0_cneutral_1.dll");

 

[Chance Hopkins]

nm. Got it with:

Assembly.LoadFrom("\\Windows\\GAC_Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms_v1_0_5000_0_cneutral_1.dll");