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    copied!<p>I'm trying to load dll libraries during runtime using the following code so that I don't have to provide the user with lot of dll files along with the main executable file. I have inlude all the dll files as an embedded resource and also in the reference part I have include them and have set the <b>CopyLocal</b> property to false. But the problems here are:<br>1. All the dll are getting copied to Bin\Debug folder<br>2. I'm getting <b>FileNotFoundException</b>.<br>I did lot of searches to get these things resolved and finally I'm here. I got a similar code <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9611154/assemblyresolve-event-fires-when-calling-assembly-loadbyte/13440474#13440474">here</a> but still couldn't do anything. What should I do to prevent this exception...?? Is there a better way to do the same thing for a <b>Windows Form Application(Not WPF)</b>...??</p> <pre><code>using System; using System.Linq; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Reflection; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; namespace MyNameSpace { static class Program { static int cnt; static IDictionary&lt;string, Assembly&gt; assemblyDictionary; [STAThread] static void Main() { AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += OnResolveAssembly; if (cnt != 1) { cnt = 1; Assembly executingAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(); string[] resources = executingAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames(); foreach (string resource in resources) { if (resource.EndsWith(".dll")) { using (Stream stream = executingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resource)) { if (stream == null) continue; byte[] assemblyRawBytes = new byte[stream.Length]; stream.Read(assemblyRawBytes, 0, assemblyRawBytes.Length); try { assemblyDictionary.Add(resource, Assembly.Load(assemblyRawBytes)); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show("Failed to load: " + resource + " Exception: " + ex.Message); } } } } Program.Main(); } if (cnt == 1) { cnt = 2; System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = System.Threading.ThreadPriority.Highest; Application.ThreadException += new System.Threading.ThreadExceptionEventHandler(Application_ThreadException); Application.ApplicationExit += new EventHandler(Application_ApplicationExit); Application.EnableVisualStyles(); Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false); Application.Run(new MainForm()); } } private static Assembly OnResolveAssembly(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args) { AssemblyName assemblyName = new AssemblyName(args.Name); string path = assemblyName.Name + ".dll"; if (assemblyDictionary.ContainsKey(path)) { return assemblyDictionary[path]; } return null; } } } </code></pre> <p>If I'm using something unnecessarily in my code then you can show me the right way... I'm a student working on <b>Windows Form Application v4.0</b> project for my papers to be submitted.</p>
 

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