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Making binding redirects work for office add-ins

I'm using Microsoft.Bcl.Async in my Word addin, my addin is compiled as an exe (test_addin.exe) file, that is loaded as an assembly from Microsoft Word, when I start the executable directly, everything's working fine, but when I run it from Word,…
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How to provide a fallback assembly instead of the one that can't be loaded?

At runtime, if a referenced assembly fails to load with e.g. "Strong name validation failed" (because it's test-signed), is there a way to provide a substitution assembly from another path that is real-signed? I tried subscribing to…
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SharePoint features: How can I use wildcard assembly versioning?

I think this is likely to be a generic .NET assembly loading question, but in my specific case, I want my SharePoint Features to point to an assembly whose versioning is associated with the correct SVN revision number. My assemblies are now…
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Using a 32bit- or 64bit specific dll depending on the process bitness

I need to reference a DLL which is available in 2 versions (one for 32bit and one for 64bit). My goal is to build an web application that works on both 32 and 64 bit systems. I thought about referencing the 32bit assembly by default and using the…
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How to solve: Custom MSBuild task requires assembly outside of AppBase

I have a custom Task that I want to execute when building my C# projects. This task is located in MyTask.dll, which references another assembly, MyCommon.DLL. The problem is that MyCommon.dll is located at "..\Common\MyCommon.dll" relative to…
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How to achieve assembly binding redirect in a plugin scenario?

I have a plugin P extending and application A (.NET40) that I have no control over. The P assembly (.NET40) has a shared dependency D (.NET35). Both P and D depend on FSharp.Core, but different versions: P is compiled against FSharp.Core,…
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MsBuild does not look in the good directory for custom task's second-level dependencies

I wrote a MsBuild Task : MyTask. In my solution, I have the Task project and others projects. MyTask references a project (say ProjA) which references third assemblies, say (dep1 and dep2). The projects all builds well and I have the outputs in one…
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silverlight 4, dynamically loading xap modules

I know that it is possible to load xap modules dynamically using Prism or MEF framework. However, I'd like not to use those frameworks; instead load my xap files manually. So, I created the following class (adapted from internet): public class…
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How to resolve conflicting assemblies in .Net?

In my web application I am using NHibernate.dll. This has a dependency on folowing assembly. 'Antlr3.Runtime, Version=3.1.0.39271, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=3a9cab8f8d22bfb7' Now in the same project for another requirement I have to…
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System.BadImageFormatException occurred when build in Release Mode

I am referencing an exe file in a dll. When run in DEBUG mode everything runs fine but when run in Release mode below exception is thrown System.BadImageFormatException occurred HResult=-2147024885 Message=Could not load file or assembly…
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Resolving MSB3247 conflicts between different versions - when binding redirects already exist

Does anyone have any idea why we'd get MSB3247 assembly version errors (which recommend a binding redirect), when the binding redirect is already there? We've done the usual check with MSBuild detailed errors and AsmSpy to check this. The error in…
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How does the .NET Runtime Locate Non Strong-Named' Assemblies?

We have different versions of non strong-named assemblies, and no binding redirects/probing paths to them in app.exe.config. For example, MyDll (1.0.0.0_null_neutral) and MyDll (2.0.0.0_null_neutral). Relative to app.exe, these assemblies are stored…
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.NET executable won't load referenced assemblies when started from \\localhost\xyz

My .NET executable abc.exe references several assemblies. One of them is called xyz.core.exe. I have trouble getting it to work when it is being started from a network location specified through a share name with a path such as…
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How can I dynamically reference an assembly that looks for another assembly?

Apologies for the dodgy question - happy to rephrase if someone has a better suggestion. I'm trying to create an object by dynamically invoking an assembly belonging to another application. The following PowerShell code is working nicely for…
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How does .NET resolve different versions of the same package?

This question pertains to .NET 5+, not .NET Framework. Consider the following dependency tree: MyWebsite has package references to RandomWebLibrary 1.0.0 and RandomJsonLibrary 2.0.0. The NuGet package RandomWebLibrary 1.0.0 has a package reference…
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