Debug dynamically loaded assembly

Question

I am debugging an assembly which I loaded dynamically with Assembly.Load(Byte[]), but I am facing some problems.

First of all, I can\'t move the yellow arrow in Vis

Answer 1

The debug symbols for your assembly are not being loaded into the application domain. When you use the string variety, .NET automatically looks for a .PDB alongside the filename you specify.

To load an assembly and its symbols from byte arrays, use Assembly.Load(byte[], byte[]), like so:

Dim data = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllBytes(file.FullName)
Dim pdbData = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllBytes(pdbFile.FullName)
Assembly.Load(data, pdbData)