C# add a reference using only code (no IDE “Add Reference” functions)

Question

I am writting a plugin for a program, and I want to put my code inside a DLL so I can share the plugin freely without exposing (giving away) my code.

Here is the bas

Answer 1

Found exactly what I was looking for, here it is:

using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;

try
{
    Assembly a = null;

    a = Assembly.LoadFrom(Application.StartupPath startupPath + "MyAssembly.dll"); 

    Type classType = a.GetType("MyNamespace.MyClass");
    object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(classType);
    MethodInfo mi = classType.GetMethod("MyMethod");

    mi.Invoke(obj, null);
}
catch (Exception e)
{                 
    AddLog(e.Message);            
}