AppDomain.SetShadowCopyFiles Method ()

 
obsoleteCodeEntityP:System.AppDomainSetup.ShadowCopyFiles Note: This API is now obsolete.

Turns on shadow copying.

Namespace:   System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

<SecurityCriticalAttribute>
<ObsoleteAttribute("AppDomain.SetShadowCopyFiles has been deprecated. Please investigate the use of AppDomainSetup.ShadowCopyFiles instead. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")>
Public Sub SetShadowCopyFiles

Exception Condition
AppDomainUnloadedException

The operation is attempted on an unloaded application domain.

For more information on shadow copying, see Shadow Copying Assemblies.

This method is now obsolete, and should not be used for new development.

Imports System
Imports System.Security.Policy
 'for evidence object

Class ADProperties

    Shared Sub Main(args() As String)

        Dim setup As New AppDomainSetup()
        ' Shadow copying will not work unless the application has a name.
        setup.ApplicationName = "MyApplication"

        'Create evidence for the new application domain from evidence of
        ' current application domain.
        Dim adevidence As Evidence = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.Evidence

        ' Create a new application domain.
        Dim domain As AppDomain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("MyDomain", adevidence, setup)

        ' MyAssembly.dll is located in the Assemblies subdirectory.
        domain.AppendPrivatePath("Assemblies")
        ' MyOtherAssembly.dll and MyThirdAssembly.dll are located in the
        ' MoreAssemblies subdirectory.
        domain.AppendPrivatePath("MoreAssemblies")
        ' Display the relative search path.
        Console.WriteLine("RelativeSearchPath: " & domain.RelativeSearchPath)
        ' Because Load returns an Assembly object, the assemblies must be
        ' loaded into the current domain as well. This will fail unless the
        ' current domain also has these directories in its search path.
        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AppendPrivatePath("Assemblies")
        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AppendPrivatePath("MoreAssemblies")

        ' Save shadow copies to C:\Cache
        domain.SetCachePath("C:\Cache")
        ' Shadow copy only the assemblies in the Assemblies directory.
        domain.SetShadowCopyPath(domain.BaseDirectory + "Assemblies")
        ' Turn shadow copying on.
        domain.SetShadowCopyFiles()
        Console.WriteLine("ShadowCopyFiles turned on: " & domain.ShadowCopyFiles)

        ' This will be copied.
        ' You must supply a valid fully qualified assembly name here. 
        domain.Load("Assembly1 text name, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken")
        ' This will not be copied.
        ' You must supply a valid fully qualified assembly name here. 
        domain.Load("Assembly2 text name, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken")

        ' When the shadow copy path is cleared, the CLR will make shadow copies
        ' of all private assemblies.
        domain.ClearShadowCopyPath()
        ' MoreAssemblies\MyThirdAssembly.dll should be shadow copied this time.
        ' You must supply a valid fully qualified assembly name here.
        domain.Load("Assembly3 text name, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken")

        ' Unload the domain.
        AppDomain.Unload(domain)
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'ADProperties

SecurityCriticalAttribute

requires full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted or transparent code.

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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