Using fields from different assembly

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How do you scope information from one assembly to another?

I have a generic host dialog DLL and I use that to create applications in the form of user controls. The host dialog DLL however is the default system menu and has no scope of the assembly who's information I want to pass in.

For example:

Host dialog is a WinForm DLL. It has the client area as well as the non-client area for window controls (minimize close, system menu).

Apps are created using user controls that are addded to projects and each one has the host dialog in common.

I would like to have a generic About selection added to the system menu but display fields from the assembly of the project and not the host dialog DLL.

Hope that was clear

Thanks

Posted 28-Jul-10 5:56am

alleyes

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E.F. Nijboer · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-28T06:49:00

Solution 1

I guess what you are looking for is this aricle. Checked the source code out and explains it nice.

Get an Executable Assembly Name[^]

Good luck!

Ps. the example only shows that the dll can show you the exe name. If you dive in to this you can get more info of course.

Posted 28-Jul-10 6:49am

E.F. Nijboer

Updated 28-Jul-10 6:51am

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alleyes 28-Jul-10 13:40pm

Assembly.GetEntryAssembly() was the clincher!!
Thanks for pointing out that sample

I was using Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly() and it always returned the wrong one.

alleyes 28-Jul-10 13:41pm

Reason for my vote of 5
In context to the issue discussed