I can see where you are going with this but you have the problem inverted. It sounds like you have a contract that you have created in a plugin assembly and you are trying to use MEF to load that assembly, which has already been linked with the application. Rather than doing this, you would normally have the interface defined in an assembly that just contains contracts. Both the plugins and the application host will be linked with that assembly but they will not share any code and the application host does not have to know anything about the plugins other than that they share an interface. That way you keep them both from knowing about each other, as they rely on the intermediary. This space for rent

Thanks, Gerry, I like the idea of a run-time warning; but, I am curious how, in general, one can detect the drag-drop of a Component on a Form at design-time. It appears that's impossible. This is the code I use to find the custom Extender Provider using the Type of the Container Form: public IEnumerable EnumerateComponents(Type formtype, string targetname) { return formtype.GetFields(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic) .Where(finfo => finfo != null && typeof(IExtenderProvider).IsAssignableFrom(finfo.FieldType) && finfo.FieldType.Name == targetname); } cheers, Bill «Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot

MS is catching Google... They start cancelling and nonsupporting things almost at the same speed. :sigh: M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

And the best thing about getting into a cloud system is that you don't have to hack into a million computers to steal data from a million users. The cloud should get awards for being the best hackers' productivity tool of the century. I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Joe Woodbury wrote: Crappy programming languages. That are often interpreted resulting in execution that is usually much slower than native compilation.

Hi, Glad to hear your back in the saddle ! I'd enjoy more of your writing on the serializer. cheers, Bill «Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot

control-c -> control-v its easy. :-\

Interesting write-up. Thanks for taking the time.

For me it is something like commercial advertisement. Me personally voted spam. Btw. at this moment: 1.) Article is on 4 2.) Member is on 3 It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question

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2nd User and 2nd article gone... but he managed to repost a third time: How I deployed self-manageable environments on Docker to reduce infra cost by 10:1[^] M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Same article title, same user name, same picture... This time without link. But I think we could /should keep an eye on him How I deployed self-manageable environments on Docker to reduce infra cost by 10:1[^] JohnSundarraj - Professional Profile[^] M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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