I am loading a dll from an external place using < codebase > element in the application configuration. I want to know where the assembly gets instantiated?
I made < codebase > to point to my local drive (outside of appbase) and also a network shared drive and ran the fuslogvw and process monitor to see what's going on. But I wasn't able to tell what's truely happening under the hood.
Link below explains as it goes to an application cache specific to the user. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc164080.aspx
Link below explains as it goes to a special GAC cache. http://www.developer.am/c-net-platform/?page=understanding-the-codebase-element
Overall, I understand it as it should be loaded into some cache location but I was not able to confirm it. Please help. I like to know the exact location where the ddl is gets loaded and stored.
Thank you
The CLR will automatically download the file and store it in the user's download cache
A sub directory under
[WinRoot]\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Assembly.
When referenced in the future, the CLR will load the assembly from this directory rather than access the URL.