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c#.netcompact-frameworkwindows-ce

How to make unload for Assembly.LoadFrom method

I'm working on a C# compact application with win CE platform and I am using this code ..... 

var assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(assemblyFile);
Version ver = assembly.GetName().Version;
theVsertion = ver.ToString();

to get the file version but in another method, I must delete the old file, and when I try to use this code. 

        if (File.Exists(assemblyFile))
        {
            File.Delete(assemblyFile);
        }

if found this error

" process cannot access the file ### because it is being used by another process."

please, anyone can help me with this issue.

Solution

  • The only way to unload an assembly is to unload the AppDomain. An alternative would be to read the file into a byte[] and load this byte[] as assembly.