AppDomain.SetShadowCopyFiles Method

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Source:

AppDomain.cs

Caution

AppDomain.SetShadowCopyFiles has been deprecated and is not supported.

Turns on shadow copying.

C#

[System.Obsolete("AppDomain.SetShadowCopyFiles has been deprecated and is not supported.")]
public void SetShadowCopyFiles();

Attributes

ObsoleteAttribute

Exceptions

AppDomainUnloadedException

The operation is attempted on an unloaded application domain.

Examples

This method is now obsolete, and should not be used for new development.

C#

using System;
using System.Security.Policy;
namespace AppDomainSnippets
{
    class ADProperties
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            AppDomainSetup setup = new AppDomainSetup();
            // Shadow copying will not work unless the application has a name.
            setup.ApplicationName = "MyApplication";

            //Create evidence for the new application domain from evidence of
            // current application domain.
            Evidence adevidence = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.Evidence;
            
            // Create a new application domain.
            AppDomain domain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("MyDomain", adevidence, setup);
            
            // MyAssembly.dll is located in the Assemblies subdirectory.
            domain.AppendPrivatePath("Assemblies");
            // MyOtherAssembly.dll and MyThirdAssembly.dll are located in the
            // MoreAssemblies subdirectory.
            domain.AppendPrivatePath("MoreAssemblies");
            // Display the relative search path.
            Console.WriteLine("RelativeSearchPath: " + domain.RelativeSearchPath);
            // Because Load returns an Assembly object, the assemblies must be
            // loaded into the current domain as well. This will fail unless the
            // current domain also has these directories in its search path.
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AppendPrivatePath("Assemblies");
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AppendPrivatePath("MoreAssemblies");
            
            // Save shadow copies to C:\Cache
            domain.SetCachePath("C:\\Cache");
            // Shadow copy only the assemblies in the Assemblies directory.
            domain.SetShadowCopyPath(domain.BaseDirectory + "Assemblies");
            // Turn shadow copying on.
            domain.SetShadowCopyFiles();
            Console.WriteLine("ShadowCopyFiles turned on: " + domain.ShadowCopyFiles);

            // This will be copied.
            // You must supply a valid fully qualified assembly name here.
            domain.Load("Assembly1 text name, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken");
            // This will not be copied.
            // You must supply a valid fully qualified assembly name here.
            domain.Load("Assembly2 text name, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken");
            
            // When the shadow copy path is cleared, the CLR will make shadow copies
            // of all private assemblies.
            domain.ClearShadowCopyPath();
            // MoreAssemblies\MyThirdAssembly.dll should be shadow copied this time.
            // You must supply a valid fully qualified assembly name here.
            domain.Load("Assembly3 text name, Version, Culture, PublicKeyToken");
            
            // Unload the domain.
            AppDomain.Unload(domain);
        }
    }
}

Remarks

For more information on shadow copying, see Shadow Copying Assemblies.

Applies to

See also

• Shadow Copying Assemblies