Assembly.LoadWithPartialName Method (String)
Updated: July 2010
Note: This API is now obsolete. The non-obsolete alternative is Load().
Loads an assembly from the application directory or from the global assembly cache using a partial name.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[ObsoleteAttribute("This method has been deprecated. Please use Assembly.Load() instead. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")] public static Assembly LoadWithPartialName( string partialName )
Parameters
- partialName
- Type: System.String
The display name of the assembly.
Return Value
Type: System.Reflection.AssemblyThe loaded assembly. If partialName is not found, this method returns null.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException |
The partialName parameter is null. |
| BadImageFormatException |
assemblyFile is not a valid assembly. -or- Version 2.0 or later of the common language runtime is currently loaded and partialName was compiled with a later version. |
Applications that load assemblies with this method will be affected by upgrades of those assemblies. Therefore, do not use this method; redesign the application to use the Load(String) method overload or the LoadFrom(String) method overload.
This method first calls Load. If the assembly is not found, this method returns the assembly from the global assembly cache that has the same simple name, and the highest version number.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 1.1, 1.0Obsolete (compiler warning) in 4
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0 SP2
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0 SP2
.NET Framework Client Profile
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 4Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5 SP1
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
