Reflection and loading of dlls

Asked Apr 14 '14 at 13:25

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I am trying to create a generc vb.net import program I am loading in the dlls usings this method But I cant figure out how to unload the dll once finished with it . Can someone help it just hangs in memory and of course cant see it in task manager so nead a way to close the dll after

  Public Shared Function  CreateInstance(ByVal Plugin As AvailablePlugin) As Object
   Dim objDLL As [Assembly]
    Dim objPlugin As Object

    Try
        'Load dll
        objDLL = [Assembly].LoadFrom(Plugin.AssemblyPath)

        'Create and return class instance
        objPlugin = objDLL.CreateInstance(Plugin.ClassName)
    Catch e As Exception
        Return Nothing
    End Try

    Return objPlugin
End Function

asked Apr 14 '14 at 13:25

c-sharp-and-swiftui-devni

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possible duplicate of [C# Dynamic Loading/Unloading of DLLs Redux (using AppDomain, of course)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13462525/c-sharp-dynamic-loading-unloading-of-dlls-redux-using-appdomain-of-course) – Tony Hopkinson Apr 14 '14 at 13:32
Also, I would suggest you look at the Managed Extensibility Framework which is designed for this purpose. – RB. Apr 14 '14 at 13:36
@TonyHopkinson as this is vb.net dont no how its a duplicate question – c-sharp-and-swiftui-devni Apr 14 '14 at 13:38
@RB been trying to find good vb.net examples of that one just laoding an example dlll but no luck it alls sesm to be for c# programmers – c-sharp-and-swiftui-devni Apr 14 '14 at 14:17
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99.99% of it is .net the vb or c# bit is just syntax. – Tony Hopkinson Apr 14 '14 at 14:40

Reflection and loading of dlls

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