We have a .Net Framework-targeting DLL which contains the EF Core (v2.2) DbContext and related classes. I'd like to see how LINQPad would be as a development tool, but I'm having trouble having it use our DLL.

I have successfully added the EF7/EF Core 2.2 driver, but when I try to create a new connection and set the path to the custom assembly DLL (which is in the same folder as the dll.config and pdb), it gives me this error: "Cannot load assembly: Absolute path information is required". The DLL and related files are on my C: drive, and googling has failed me so far.

So I'm hoping that someone here can help me - or at least tell me that I'm tilting at windmills because what I want to do isn't supported.

Thanks!