LoadedAssemblies Property

LoadedAssemblies Property

Location

My.Application.Info.LoadedAssemblies

Syntax

     Dim result As System.Collections.ObjectModel. _        ReadOnlyCollection(Of System.Reflection.Assembly) = _        My.Application.Info.LoadedAssemblies

Description

The LoadedAssemblies property returns a collection of all assemblies currently loaded by the active application, with each element of type System.Reflection.Assembly.

Usage at a Glance

This property is read-only.
An application may include multiple loaded assemblies, including the primary application assembly and associated libraries (DLLs).
An exception is thrown if the application domain is not loaded.

Example

The following example displays the names of all currently loaded assemblies in a message box.

     Dim assemblyList As String = ""     Dim allAssemblies As System.Collections.ObjectModel. _        ReadOnlyCollection(Of System.Reflection.Assembly) = _        My.Application.Info.LoadedAssemblies     For Each oneAssembly As System.Reflection.Assembly _           In allAssemblies        assemblyList &= "|" & oneAssembly.FullName     Next oneAssembly     MsgBox("The following assemblies are currently loaded:" & _        Replace(assemblyList, "|", vbCrLf))

Related Framework Entries

Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.AssemblyInfo.LoadedAssemblies Property
System.AppDomain.GetAssemblies Method