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Assemblies are collections of compiled .Net types and resources grouped into a logical and physical unit (in the form of a .dll file or .exe file).

Assemblies are collections of compiled .Net types and resources grouped into a logical and physical unit (in the form of a .dll file or a .exe file - which has an entry point).

If a .exe is a .NET assembly then it also contains a CLR header as a data block inside the PE header.

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What are differences between AssemblyVersion, AssemblyFileVersion and AssemblyInformationalVersion?

There are three assembly version attributes. What are differences? Is it ok if I use AssemblyVersion and ignore the rest? MSDN says: AssemblyVersion: Specifies the version of the assembly being attributed. AssemblyFileVersion: Instructs a…
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How to enable assembly bind failure logging (Fusion) in .NET

How do I enable assembly bind failure logging (Fusion) in .NET?
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How can I get the assembly file version

In AssemblyInfo there are two assembly versions: AssemblyVersion: Specify the version of the assembly being attributed. AssemblyFileVersion: Instructs a compiler to use a specific version number for the Win32 file version resource. The Win32 file…
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How can I determine if a .NET assembly was built for x86 or x64?

I've got an arbitrary list of .NET assemblies. I need to programmatically check if each DLL was built for x86 (as opposed to x64 or Any CPU). Is this possible?
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How to fix "Referenced assembly does not have a strong name" error

I've added a weakly named assembly to my Visual Studio 2005 project (which is strongly named). I'm now getting the error: "Referenced assembly 'xxxxxxxx' does not have a strong name" Do I need to sign this third-party assembly?
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Why should you remove unnecessary C# using directives?

For example, I rarely need: using System.Text; but it's always there by default. I assume the application will use more memory if your code contains unnecessary using directives. But is there anything else I should be aware of? Also, does it make…
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Can I load a .NET assembly at runtime and instantiate a type knowing only the name?

Is it possible to instantiate an object at runtime if I only have the DLL name and the class name, without adding a reference to the assembly in the project? The class implements a interface, so once I instantiate the class, I will then cast it to…
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C#: why sign an assembly?

In some C# code I have taken over (in Visual Studio 2005), I have noticed that the assemblies are all signed with the same .snk file. Why would the previous author have signed the assemblies in this way? Is signing assemblies necessary and…
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What are the best practices for using Assembly Attributes?

I have a solution with multiple project. I am trying to optimize AssemblyInfo.cs files by linking one solution wide assembly info file. What are the best practices for doing this? Which attributes should be in solution wide file and which are…
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How can I view MSIL / CIL generated by C# compiler? Why is it called assembly?

I'm new to .NET C# programming. I'm following few books. It is said that instead of compiling C# code directly to machine code, it is converted into an intermediate language (called MSIL aka CIL). But when I compile, I get an exe/dll file. Is this…
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What exactly is an Assembly in C# or .NET?

Could you please explain what is an Assembly in C# or .NET? Where does it begin and where does it end? What important information should I know about Assemblies?
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Dynamically replace the contents of a C# method?

What I want to do is change how a C# method executes when it is called, so that I can write something like this: [Distributed] public DTask Solve(int n, DEvent callback) { for (int m = 2; m < n - 1; m += 1) if (m % n == 0) …
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How to add folder to assembly search path at runtime in .NET?

My DLLs are loaded by a third-party application, which we can not customize. My assemblies have to be located in their own folder. I can not put them into GAC (my application has a requirement to be deployed using XCOPY). When the root DLL tries to…
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Difference between LoadFile and LoadFrom with .NET Assemblies?

I was looking at the msdn documentation and I am still a little confused on what exactly is the difference between using LoadFile and LoadFrom when loading an assembly. Can someone provide an example or an analogy to better describe it. The MSDN…
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How to extract an assembly from the GAC?

There is a package I have to deal with which installs assemblies straight into the GAC (e.g. somewhere deep in %windows%/assembly). How do I exorcise the actual assembly (the DLL) from the GAC into the normal file system? Thanks.
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