Cache a dll in Application_Start?

[Adam Smith]

As long as my code is reentrant, can I cache a dll with assembly.load in
my application_sta rt and then access it from the application cache, then
invoke one of the methods inside it from multiple web service calls?

Thanks in advance.

Adam Smith

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[David Browne]

Re: Cache a dll in Application_Sta rt?


"Adam Smith" <adam2001usa@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
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> As long as my code is reentrant, can I cache a dll with assembly.load in
> my application_sta rt and then access it from the application cache, then
> invoke one of the methods inside it from multiple web service calls?
>[/color]

Well, yes. But this is what happens if you just set a reference to the
assembly, and start using it in your code.

David

[Adam Smith]

Re: Cache a dll in Application_Sta rt?


The reason I want to do an assembly.load at runtime is that I want to
pick up the dll name and location from a database setting entry at
startup, rather than hard coding the name.

Adam Smith


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[David Browne]

Re: Cache a dll in Application_Sta rt?


"Adam Smith" <adam2001usa@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> The reason I want to do an assembly.load at runtime is that I want to
> pick up the dll name and location from a database setting entry at
> startup, rather than hard coding the name.
>[/color]

That's fine. The same thing will happen. The assembly, once loaded, will
stay loaded, and you can use the assembly reference to create types defined
in that assembly.

David