Dynamic code execution on WinRT in Windows 8 (either C++ or .NET/C#)?

Question

Does WinRT under windows 8 metro allow you to dynamically load and execute code? For example, is it possible to download a dll into memory or to isolated storage and run cod

Answer 1

You can create a Windows Runtime Component (Universal Windows) C++, You access the Component from c# code, inside the component you can call LoadPackagedLibrary, which has the restriction that it can only load DLL's that are packaged with your app. Otherwise it is same as LoadLibrary.

You cannot download and dynamically load, as ApplicationData and InstalledLocation are different locations. (LoadPackagedLibrary doesn not allow you to specify path). And you can only write to ApplicationData...