C# ‘dynamic’ cannot access properties from anonymo

Question

Code below is working well as long as I have class ClassSameAssembly in same assembly as class Program. But when I move class ClassSameAssembly to a separate assembly, a RuntimeBinderException (see below) is thrown. Is it possible to resolve it?

using System;

namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
    public static class ClassSameAssembly
    {
        public static dynamic GetValues()
        {
            return new
            {
                Name = "Michael", Age = 20
            };
        }
    }

    internal class Program
    {
        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var d = ClassSameAssembly.GetValues();
            Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1} years old", d.Name, d.Age);
        }
    }
}

Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.RuntimeBinderException: 'object' does not contain a definition for 'Name'

at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Object )
at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute1[T0,TRet](CallSite site, T0 arg0)
at ConsoleApplication2.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\temp\Projects\ConsoleApplication2\ConsoleApplication2\Program.cs:line 23

Answer 1

Below solution worked for me in my console application projects

Put this [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("YourAssemblyName")] in \Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs of the separate project with function returning dynamic object.

"YourAssemblyName" is the assembly name of calling project. You can get that through Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName by executing it in calling project.

Answer 2

A cleaner solution would be:

var d = ClassSameAssembly.GetValues().ToDynamic();

Which is now an ExpandoObject.

Remember to reference:

Microsoft.CSharp.dll