C# Getting Parent Assembly Name of Calling Assembly

Question

I\'ve got a C# unit test application that I\'m working on. There are three assemblies involved - the assembly of the C# app itself, a second assembly that the app uses, and

Answer 1

If you know the number of frame in the stack, you can use the StackFrame object and skip the number of previous frame.

// You skip 2 frames
System.Diagnostics.StackFrame stack = new System.Diagnostics.StackFrame(2, false);
string assemblyName = stack.GetMethod().DeclaringType.AssemblyQualifiedName;

But, if you want the first call, you need to get all frames and take the first. (see AVee solution)