private Dictionary<string, Applet> loadApplets(string path)
{
    Dictionary<string, Applet> applets = new Dictionary<string, Applet>();
    string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.dll");

    foreach (string file in files)
    {
        try
        {
            Assembly a = Assembly.LoadFile(file);
            Type[] types = a.GetTypes();
            foreach (Type type in types)
            {
                if (type.GetInterface("IAppletPlugin") != null)
                {
                    object[] attribs = type.GetCustomAttributes(
                        typeof(AppletInformationAttribute), false);
                    if (attribs.Length == 1)
                    {
                        System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print("Applet loaded");
                        AppletInformationAttribute aia = (AppletInformationAttribute)attribs[0];
                        Applet applet = new Applet(
                            aia.AppletName,
                            aia.AppletDescription,
                            (IAppletPlugin)Activator.CreateInstance(type));
                        applets.Add(aia.AppletName, applet);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print(e.Message);
        }
    }
    return applets;
}