Code Listings

Assemblies

Assembly manifest to request administrative elevation on Windows Vista:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
    <security>
      <requestedPrivileges>
        <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" />
      </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
  </trustInfo>
</assembly>

Deploying assemblies outside the base folder:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;

public class Loader
{
  static void Main()
  {
    AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += FindAssem;

    // We must switch to another class before attempting to use
    // any of the types in c:\ExtraAssemblies:
    Program.Go();
  }

  static Assembly FindAssem (object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
  {
    string simpleName = new AssemblyName (args.Name).Name;
    string path = @"c:\ExtraAssemblies\" + simpleName + ".dll";
    
    if (!File.Exists (path)) return null;     // Sanity check
    return Assembly.LoadFrom (path);          // Load it up!
  }
}

public class Program
{
  public static void Go()
  {
    // Now we can reference types defined in c:\ExtraAssemblies
  }
}

Packing a single-file executable:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Loader
{
  static Dictionary <string, Assembly> libs
   = new Dictionary <string, Assembly>();

  static void Main()
  {
    AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += FindAssem;
    Program.Go();
  }

  static Assembly FindAssem (object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
  {
    string shortName = new AssemblyName (args.Name).Name;
    if (libs.ContainsKey (shortName)) return libs [shortName];

    using (Stream s = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().
           GetManifestResourceStream ("Libs." + shortName + ".dll"))
    {
       byte[] data = new BinaryReader (s).ReadBytes ((int) s.Length);
       Assembly a = Assembly.Load (data);
       libs [shortName] = a; 
       return a;
    }
  }
}

public class Program
{
  public static void Go()
  {
    // Run main program...
  }
}