How can I programmatically get the path of "System.Core.dll" using VB.NET?

Is there is a way 开发者_Go百科to get the path of "System.Core.dll" assembly or any other assembly rather than the executing one?

If you know of a type that exists in the assembly, you could use Type.Assembly to get a reference to the containing assembly. Then it's just a matter of getting its Location property.

In this specific case, you could do (sorry that this in C#):

//The Enumerable class is in System.Core
typeof(System.Linq.Enumerable).Assembly.Location 

A more general solution for an assembly for which you do not know of a particular contained-type but do know has been loaded into the current AppDomain would be something like (untested):

AppDoman.CurrentDomain
        .GetAssemblies()
        .Single(assembly => assembly.GetName().Name == mySimpleName)
        .Location

Otherwise, there's no easy solution. You've got to figure out where to probe for the assembly of interest.

EDIT: Fully qualified Enumerable for clarity.