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  • Why the down vote?? It's exactly how you load plugins without using third party libraries. Assembly.Load and then Activator.CreateInstance Commented Dec 10, 2010 at 15:22
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    This will not add the reference to the solution, it will simply load an Assembly for the running code. Commented Dec 10, 2010 at 15:22
  • Some people are just weird! I've upvoted it- thanks for the response. Commented Dec 10, 2010 at 15:23
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    @jgauffin: Adding a reference and loading an assembly are two completely different things. Darren is asking how to add a reference, not load an assembly. Commented Dec 10, 2010 at 15:36
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    @casperOne - if it accomplishes the same job and solves the problem at hand, then what's the point of bickering over semantics? Commented Dec 10, 2010 at 17:08