Example

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;

namespace Samples
{
  public class FileLoadExceptionSample
  {
    public static void Main()
    {
      try
      {
        Assembly a = Assembly.LoadFrom(
                         "ModuleOnly.netmodule");
        Console.WriteLine(a.Location);
      }
      catch(FileLoadException e)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", e);
      }
    }
  }
}
The output is
 Exception: System.IO.FileLoadException: The module 'ModuleOnly.netmodule' was expected to contain an assembly manifest. File name: "ModuleOnly.netmodule" at System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Boolean isStringized, Evidence assemblySecurity, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName ...

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