Occurs when the resolution of an assembly fails.
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Remarks
It is the responsibility of the ResolveEventHandler for this event to return the assembly that is specified by the ResolveEventArgs.Name property, or to return null if the assembly is not recognized. The assembly must be loaded into an execution context; if it is loaded into the reflection-only context, the load that caused this event to be raised fails.
For guidance on the use of this event, see Resolving Assembly Loads.
Beginning with the net_v40_long, the ResolveEventArgs.RequestingAssembly property returns the assembly that requested the assembly load that could not be resolved. For example, the loader might be unable to load a dependency of the requesting assembly because the requesting assembly and its dependency are not in the probing path. Knowing the identity of the requesting assembly might be useful in locating the dependency or in identifying the correct version, if more than one version of the dependency is available. For more information, see ResolveEventArgs.RequestingAssembly.
Beginning with the net_v40_short, the ResolveEventHandler event is raised for all assemblies, including resource assemblies. In earlier versions, the event was not raised for resource assemblies. If the operating system is localized, the handler might be called multiple times: once for each culture in the fallback chain.
For this event, the ResolveEventArgs.Name property returns the assembly name before policy is applied.
If more than one event handler is registered for this event, the event handlers are called in order until an event handler returns a value that isn't null. Subsequent event handlers are ignored.
For more information about handling events, see Events Overview.
Requirements
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0