How to get the path of the dll within the function inside the dll in C#?

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Let me ask how to get the file path of the dll within a function inside the dll in C# 4.0? Please let me know how only using C# ,but not using win API directly.

Thank you in advance.

See previous question at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/864484/getting-the-path-of-the-current-assembly — Quinton Bernhardt, Mar 27 '12 at 06:48

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '12 at 06:46

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Have you tried this?

string path = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location

answered Mar 27 '12 at 06:46

ABH

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '12 at 06:49

string currentAssemblyDirectoryName = 
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);

Beware that Assembly.Location property returns the location of the assembly file after it is shadow-copied. In addition , if it is dynamically loaded using Load method, it returns empty string .

If you are interested in retrieving the location of the assembly before it is shadow-copied or loaded, use Assembly.CodeBase property instead. Please note that, it is the location specified originally while stating the AssemblyName.

Reference here

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '12 at 06:46

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You could use:

Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location

Although if you are inside an ASP.NET application, due to shadow copying, this is probably not the location that you are looking for.

answered Mar 27 '12 at 06:46

Darin Dimitrov

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 27 '12 at 06:49

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this.GetType().Assembly.Location;

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How to get the path of the dll within the function inside the dll in C#?

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