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IMetaDataAssemblyImport::FindAssembliesByName method (rometadataapi.h)

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Gets an array of assemblies with the specified name, using the standard rules employed by the common language runtime (CLR) for resolving references.

Syntax

HRESULT FindAssembliesByName(
  [in]  LPCWSTR       szAppBase,
  [in]  LPCWSTR       szPrivateBin,
  [in]  LPCWSTR       szAssemblyName,
  [out] IUnknown * [] ppIUnk,
  [in]  ULONG         cMax,
  [out] ULONG         *pcAssemblies
);

Parameters

[in] szAppBase

The root directory in which to search for the given assembly. If this value is set to null, FindAssembliesByName will look only in the global assembly cache for the assembly.

[in] szPrivateBin

A list of semicolon-delimited subdirectories (for example, "bin;bin2"), under the root directory, in which to search for the assembly. These directories are probed in addition to those specified in the default probing rules.

[in] szAssemblyName

The name of the assembly to find. The format of this string is defined in the class reference page for AssemblyName.

[out] ppIUnk

An array of type IUnknown in which to put the IMetadataAssemblyImport interface pointers.

[in] cMax

The maximum number of interface pointers that can be placed in ppIUnk.

[out] pcAssemblies

The number of interface pointers returned. That is, the number of interface pointers actually placed in ppIUnk.

Return value

HRESULT Description
S_OK FindAssembliesByName returned successfully.
S_FALSE There are no assemblies.

Remarks

Given an assembly name, the FindAssembliesByName method finds the assembly by following the standard rules for resolving assembly references. FindAssembliesByName allows the caller to configure various aspects of the assembly resolver context, such as application base and private search path.

FindAssembliesByName returns an IMetaDataImport pointer to the file containing the assembly manifest for the assembly name that is passed in. If the given assembly name is not fully specified (for example, if it does not include a version), multiple assemblies might be returned.

FindAssembliesByName is commonly used by a compiler that attempts to find a referenced assembly at compile time.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Target Platform Windows
Header rometadataapi.h

See also

IMetaDataAssemblyImport