Using two DLLs with same name and same namespace

Question

I have a project which needs to reference two DLLs with the same name. The DLLs are not strong named, have the same exact name.

I need to access some types within ea

Answer 1

Using extern alias to bring the assemblies in with different namespaces. If you can differenciate the namespace, you should be able to use using altType1 = someProduct.Type1 to create a local alias for the type.

First qualify the assemblies from the command line:

/r:ProductA=companyDLLA.dll
/r:ProductB=companyDLLB.dll

Then reference them using extern alias:

extern alias productA;
extern alias productB;

Finally you can alias the local types:

using productTypeA = productA.Type1;
using productTypeB = productB.Type1;