[IronPython] Silverlight - Adding References to Assemblies

[Michael Foord]

John Messerly wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> What does the call to clr.AddReference look like? We currently have a limitation in Silverlight, that we require a fully qualified assembly name, e.g.:
>
> clr.AddReference("MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null")
>   
Ah....

It might be worth mentioning that on this page:

http://silverlight.net/QuickStarts/Other/ProgramDlr.aspx

Which provides the example:

    Use the clr.AddReference function to load assemblies, and make their 
contents available for import.

    clr.AddReference("MyAssembly")

But thanks. :-)

Michael Foord





> (We do some magic to map short names to full names for platform assemblies, but not for downloaded assemblies.)
>
> The only other thing I can think of is maybe your DLL is somehow getting compiled against the wrong mscorlib/System binaries. Are the references in the C# project pointing at the Silverlight DLLs?
>
> - John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Michael Foord
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:45 PM
> To: Discussion of IronPython
> Subject: [IronPython] Silverlight - Adding References to Assemblies
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to create a Silverlight project that references assemblies
> I've created from IronPython code.
>
> I can get the HTML / Javascript / XAML / IronPython combination working
> ok - but I can't reference assemblies that I've compiled.
>
> I'm using Orcas Beta 1 and have created a Silverlight project.
>
> When I use the normal "import clr; clr.AddReference " incantation, it
> fails to add the reference.
>
> Anyone got any clues? I can see the dll being fetched from my localhost
> server, but I still get an error message.
>
> When I use 'clr.LoadAssemblyByName' instead of 'AddReference' I get a
> more descriptive error, complaining that a dependency cannot be found
> (the only references my assembly has or needs are System and
> System.Windows.Browser):
>
> Could not load file or assembly 'ScriptableObjects, Culture=neutral,
> PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find
> the file specified.
> Source File: test.py
>
> Exception Details: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file
> or assembly 'ScriptableObjects, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or
> one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
>
>
> Michael Foord
> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/index.shtml
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