Configuring an Application Domain

You can provide the common language runtime with configuration information for a new application domain using the AppDomainSetup class. When creating your own application domains, the most important property is ApplicationBase. The other AppDomainSetup properties are used mainly by runtime hosts to configure a particular application domain.

The ApplicationBase property defines the root directory of the application. When the runtime needs to satisfy a type request, it probes for the assembly containing the type in the directory specified by the ApplicationBase property.

Note   A new application domain inherits only the ApplicationBase property of the creator.

The following example creates an instance of the AppDomainSetup class, uses this class to create a new application domain, writes the information to console, and then unloads the application domain.

Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Class AppDomain4
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      ' Create application domain setup information.
      Dim domaininfo As New AppDomainSetup()
      domaininfo.ApplicationBase = "f:\work\development\latest"
      
      ' Create the application domain.
      Dim domain As AppDomain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("MyDomain", Nothing, domaininfo)
      
      ' Write application domain information to the console.
      Console.WriteLine(("Host domain: " + AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName))
      Console.WriteLine(("child domain: " + domain.FriendlyName))
      Console.WriteLine(("Application base is: " + domain.SetupInformation.ApplicationBase))
      
      ' Unload the application domain.
      AppDomain.Unload(domain)
   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'AppDomain4
[C#]using System;
using System.Reflection;
class AppDomain4
{
public static void Main()
{
 // Create application domain setup information.
 AppDomainSetup domaininfo = new AppDomainSetup();
 domaininfo.ApplicationBase = "f:\\work\\development\\latest";

 // Create the application domain.
 AppDomain domain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("MyDomain", null, domaininfo);

// Write application domain information to the console.
            Console.WriteLine("Host domain: " + AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName);
            Console.WriteLine("child domain: " + domain.FriendlyName);
            Console.WriteLine("Application base is: " + domain.SetupInformation.ApplicationBase);

// Unload the application domain.
AppDomain.Unload(domain);
   }
}

See Also

Hosting the Common Language Runtime | Programming with Application Domains | Using Application Domains