assembly::load

Loads an assembly given the long form of its name.

Usage


      Assembly assembly::load(assemblyString)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
assemblyString	string	The long form of the assembly name.

Return Value

The loaded assembly.

Exceptions

The function will fail in any of the following circumstances:

assemblyString is a a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
assemblyString is not found.

Examples

Determine the location of the Microsoft Access 11 Primary Interop Assembly by loading it using its fully qualified name, and copy it to the build directory.

<property name="access.pia.path" value="${assembly::get-location(assembly::load('Microsoft.Office.Interop.Access, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'))}" />
<copy file="${access.pia.path}" todir="${build.dir}" />

Requirements

Assembly: NAnt.Core (0.90.3780.0)