How load a DLL dynamically

[Brentonn]

I am working in VB 2005. I want to be able to load a DLL selected dynamically from a list.

I have had advice and this is where I am so far:

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thisAssemblyObj ect = System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Get EntryAssembly()

returnValue = thisAssemblyObj ect.CreateInsta nce("DeviceComm s.DeviceComms" ...)
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Whatever I have tried in the second line has not worked and I am at a loss to know what to try.

Brenton

[PRR]

firstly you need to get all the Types of the current assembly... loop through it n then create a object..have a look at this ...

try
            {
                Assembly myass = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly();//GetExecutingAssembly();

                Type[] t = myass.GetTypes();

                foreach (Type tt in t)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(tt.FullName.ToString());

                    if (tt.FullName.ToString() == "ConsoleApplication2.Program")//class namespace+classname
                    {
                        object o = Activator.CreateInstance(tt);

                        if (o != null)
                        {
                            MethodInfo m = o.GetType().GetMethod("my");

                            m.Invoke(o, null);
                        }
                    }
                }


            }
            catch (Exception eee)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(eee.Message.ToString());
            }

[Plater]

I have just been researching this myself.

I happen to have a DLL that I use as a webserver, and I wish to load it dynamically in my program:
[code=c#]
//
//

Assembly asm = Assembly.LoadFr om("myHttpListe ner.dll");
object o;//this will become the instance of my class
//the constructor takes 1 argument, an integer that defines the port to listen for connections on
object[] myparams = new object[]{8090};
//create an instance of "Plater.HttpLis tener", not case sensitive, default bindingflags and myparams contains the arguments passed to constructor
o = asm.CreateInsta nce("Plater.Htt pListener", true, BindingFlags.De fault, null, myparams, null, null);
//Now, by using the Type, I will invoke my "Start" function in my class
//Note that I provided the object instance of my class "o" as the object to invoke the function on
o.GetType().Inv okeMember("Star t", myflags | BindingFlags.In vokeMethod, null, o, null);

//
//
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