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<h1>assembly::load</h1>
<p> Loads an assembly given the long form of its name. </p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
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<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemReflectionAssemblyClassTopic.asp">Assembly</a> assembly::load(<span class="parameter">assemblyString</span>)
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<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td>assemblyString</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>The long form of the assembly name.</td>
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<h3>Return Value</h3> The loaded assembly. <h3>Exceptions</h3>
The function will fail in any of the following circumstances:
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><ul><li><i>assemblyString</i> is a a null reference (<b>Nothing</b> in Visual Basic).</li><li><i>assemblyString</i> is not found.</li></ul></div><h3>Examples</h3><ul class="examples"><li><p> Determine the location of the Microsoft Access 11 Primary Interop Assembly by loading it using its fully qualified name, and copy it to the build directory. </p><pre class="code">
<property name="access.pia.path" value="${assembly::get-location(assembly::load('Microsoft.Office.Interop.Access, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'))}" />
<copy file="${access.pia.path}" todir="${build.dir}" />
</pre></li></ul><h3>Requirements</h3><div style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Assembly:</b> NAnt.Core (0.91.4312.0)
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