Assembly.Location Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Reflection

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: System.Reflection.dll

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: Assembly.cs

Source:: Assembly.cs

Source:: Assembly.cs

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Gets the full path or UNC location of the loaded file that contains the manifest.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ Location { System::String ^ get(); };

public virtual string Location { get; }

member this.Location : string

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Location As String

Property Value

String

The location of the loaded file that contains the manifest. If the assembly is loaded from a byte array, such as when using Load(Byte[]), the value returned is an empty string ("").

Implements

Location

Exceptions

NotSupportedException

The current assembly is a dynamic assembly, represented by an AssemblyBuilder object.

Examples

The following example displays the location of the loaded file that contains the manifest.

Assembly^ SampleAssembly;
// Instantiate a target object.
Int32 Integer1(0);
Type^ Type1;
// Set the Type instance to the target class type.
Type1 = Integer1.GetType();
// Instantiate an Assembly class to the assembly housing the Integer type.  
SampleAssembly = Assembly::GetAssembly( Integer1.GetType() );
// Display the physical location of the assembly containing the manifest.
Console::WriteLine( "Location= {0}", SampleAssembly->Location );
// The example displays the following output:
//    Location=C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\mscorlib.dll

Assembly SampleAssembly;
// Instantiate a target object.
Int32 Integer1 = new Int32();
Type Type1;
// Set the Type instance to the target class type.
Type1 = Integer1.GetType();
// Instantiate an Assembly class to the assembly housing the Integer type.
SampleAssembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(Integer1.GetType());
// Display the physical location of the assembly containing the manifest.
Console.WriteLine("Location=" + SampleAssembly.Location);
// The example displays the following output:
//   Location=C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\mscorlib.dll

Dim SampleAssembly As [Assembly]
' Instantiate a target object.
Dim Integer1 As New Int32()
Dim Type1 As Type
' Set the Type instance to the target class type.
Type1 = Integer1.GetType()
' Instantiate an Assembly class to the assembly housing the Integer type.  
SampleAssembly = [Assembly].GetAssembly(Integer1.GetType())
' Display the physical location of the assembly containing the manifest.
Console.WriteLine(("Location=" + SampleAssembly.Location))
' The example displays the following output:
'    Location=C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\mscorlib.dll

Remarks

In .NET 5 and later versions, for bundled assemblies, the value returned is an empty string.

.NET Framework only: If the loaded file was shadow-copied, the location is that of the file after being shadow-copied. To get the location before the file has been shadow-copied, use the CodeBase property.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1

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