Probing in office 2010 project

Question

Hi,

I have multiple office 2010 addins and a common dll..i cant control the Office 2010 addin code because it coming from other team..

I am owner of one common dll that will help the office 2010 Addins to do common utility like logging , caching and notification on client machine..

My common dll keeps on changing I don't want everytime i change my dll i have to ask the other team to recompile and redeploy there code..

Can anyone help me if probing or any other alternate possible like replacing dll..I don't want Addin team to make any code change or load my assembly dynamically..

I

Thanks,

Alkingson

Answer 1

Hi Alkingson,

I would recommend you create a Interface for other other team, and you common dll will inherit this interface. Then you can tell other team to invoke your assembly via reflection and the particular interface which you provide to them. Now other team will use the new assembly come form your side without recompile the soultuion.

Have a good day,

Tom

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Tom Xu [MSFT]
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Answer 2

actually, since he does not want to make them recompile their dll or load hos assembly dynamically, reflection is not needed. As long as you do not change created interface and they will interact with your code only through it, it will be ok to replace your dll with new one 'on the fly' (as long as code using your dll is not loaded into any process)

Answer 3

Tom,

I just want to replace shared dll and not ask other team to change the code..sorry but your suggestion will not work please check my question again I do not have any control over other team code..

thanks

Alkingson

Answer 4

Hi Alkingson,

What about DamianD's suggestion?

Have a good day,

Tom

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Tom Xu [MSFT]
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