[Mono-bugs] [Bug 76984][Nor] New - Problem loading resources from a different directory

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Changed by sebastien.robitaille at croesus.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=76984

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+Bug#: 76984
+Product: Mono: Class Libraries
+Version: 1.1
+OS: Red Hat 9.0
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Normal
+Component: CORLIB
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs at ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: sebastien.robitaille at croesus.com               
+QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Problem loading resources from a different directory
+
+Description of Problem:
+
+We have a case where some assemlies loaded dynamically are located in a 
+different directory than the current executable. These assemblies all 
+have "Satellite assemblies" containing their localized strings.
+
+The problem we have is that the resource manager used to retrieve the 
+localized strings for these assemblies does not find them.
+
+Ex:
+Suppose MyApp.exe is located in ~/soft/MyApp
+and that A.dll and B.dll are located in ~/soft/lib and both of these 
+assemlies have satellite assemblies for "en" and "fr" cultures.
+
+The resulting directory structure is as follow:
+soft/MyApp/MyApp.exe
+soft/MyApp/en/MyApp.resources.dll
+soft/MyApp/fr/MyApp.resources.dll
+soft/lib/A.dll
+soft/lib/B.dll
+soft/lib/en/A.resources.dll
+soft/lib/en/B.resources.dll
+soft/lib/fr/A.resources.dll
+soft/lib/fr/B.resources.dll
+
+The problem: The french and english strings are not found for A and B 
+when using mono but are found when using MS.NET.
+
+Here are some particularities of our application that may help to 
+reproduce the problem:
+
+- MyApp.exe does not reference the A and B assemblies directly. It loads 
+them dynamically using reflection (using Assembly.LoadFrom and 
+Activator.CreateInstance)
+- The ResourceManagers used to retrieve the localized strings are created 
+from inside the A and B assemblies, but are used in the MyApp.exe 
+executable.
+
+Actual Results:
+Localized strings are not found.
+
+Expected Results:
+Localized strings found.
+
+How often does this happen? 
+Always.
+
+Additional Information:
+
+RedHat9
+Mono JIT compiler version 1.1.9, (C) 2002-2005 Novell, Inc and 
+Contributors. www.mono-project.com
+        TLS:           __thread
+        GC:            Included Boehm (with typed GC)
+        SIGSEGV      : normal
+        Globalization: normal