Dependencies of custom visualizers
Per https://www.linqpad.net/CustomVisualizers.aspx, it is possible to create a custom visualizer DLL, deploy it to the LINQPad plugins folder, and call an appropriate extension method to dump the visualizer contents.
However, if I want to include dependencies, the page says:
Copy the DLL and any dependencies into LINQPad's plugins folder
If I have multiple visualizers with the same dependency but different versions, how can I avoid overwriting one version in favor of the other?
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This isn't going to work if your visualizers have incompatible dependencies. Rather than putting them into the plugins folder, create a query that contains the code and dependencies for each visualizer, and import them as required using #load:
https://www.linqpad.net/LinqReference.aspx
Tip: After you're typed
#load "(My Visualizer)", right click the line and choose 'Create code snippet'. This will let you create a shortcut to paste in the text in a few keystrokes.