Cannot get types from .winmd file

Question

I want to output the types in a .winmd file given its path. I copied a winmd file from my Windows 8 Developer Preview machine to my dev machine. I wrote a small test app (in

Answer 1

WinMDs are metadata only assemblies. Using ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom should do the trick.

The following code works.

        var assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom(winmdPath);


        foreach (var type in assembly.GetTypes())
        {
            Console.WriteLine("type found name = " + type.Name);
        }