assembly manifest

Signing an assembly with a strong name adds a public key encryption to the file containing the assembly manifest.

The assembly must be the name of a file that contains an assembly manifest.

The two signing tools can sign only one file at a time; for a multifile assembly, you sign the file that contains the assembly manifest.

These tags specify the name of the file containing the assembly manifest for the output file of the compilation.

Specifies the name of the output file that will hold the assembly manifest.

Is the name of a file that contains an assembly manifest.

The compiler inserts the public key into the assembly manifest and reserves space in the PE file for the full strong name signature.

An MSIL output file without an assembly manifest is called a module.

If you want the public key added to the assembly manifest but want to delay signing the assembly until it has been tested.

An assembly manifest can contain a number of different directives, depending on the contents of the assembly.

The following table describes each directive in the assembly manifest of the Hello. Exe assembly used in the example.

Contains values that describe the visibility of resources encoded in an assembly manifest.

Defines additional version information for an assembly manifest.

Specifies that an assembly manifest should not be inserted into the output file.

The compiler inserts the public key into the assembly manifest and then signs the final assembly with the private key.

You can change the Assembly name, which is the name of the output file that contains the assembly manifest.

The linker inserts the public key into the assembly manifest and then signs the final assembly with the private key.

gets the files in the file table of an assembly manifest , specifying whether to include resource modules.

Rather, they are linked through the assembly manifest and the common language runtime manages them as a unit.

In this scenario, you create a file separate from your code modules that contains only the assembly manifest.

The compiler inserts the public key in the assembly manifest and then signs the final assembly with the private key.

Defines a trademark custom attribute for an assembly manifest.

Defines a copyright custom attribute for an assembly manifest.

Provides methods to access and examine the contents of an assembly manifest.

After compiling the program, use Ildasm. Exe to disassemble the Hello. Exe assembly and view the assembly manifest.

Defines a company name custom attribute for an assembly manifest.

Defines a product name custom attribute for an assembly manifest.

Information about all files in a compilation is placed in the assembly manifest.

Sets the name value when the assembly is created, based on the file containing the assembly manifest.

The smaller the file containing the assembly manifest, the less time Internet Explorer will be unresponsive.

When the assembly is created, the language compiler stores the requested permissions in the assembly manifest.

The compiler creates only one assembly manifest per compilation.

Optionally, you can specify if the file should be private in the assembly manifest.

Represents the hash algorithm used by the assembly manifest.

This will sign the assembly by inserting a public key into the assembly manifest.

Embeds the specified resources in the image that contains the assembly manifest.

Specifies a copyright notice for the assembly manifest.

The following table describes the assembly manifest attributes.

Specifies a trademark for the assembly manifest.

The hash values are stored in the file table of the assembly manifest.

This option causes the compiler to not generate an assembly manifest.

Gets or sets the hash algorithm used by the assembly manifest.

Specifies a product name for the assembly manifest.

Specifies a company name for the assembly manifest.

Gets the files in the file table of an assembly manifest.

When this option is used, the compiler inserts the public key from the specified file into the assembly manifest.

To create the output file that contains the assembly manifest.

While the file containing the assembly manifest is being downloaded, Internet Explorer will be unresponsive to user input.

Specifies a title for the assembly manifest.

See definition for assembly manifest.

You can add or change some information in the assembly manifest by using assembly attributes in your code.

One or more files that contains an assembly manifest.

Types in another module, then both modules must be incorporated into an assembly manifest, by means of

A strong name is stored in the file containing the assembly manifest, but a signature created using the

When code in one module references internal types in another module, both modules must be incorporated into an assembly manifest by using

Defines a custom attribute that specifies an informational version for an assembly manifest

Defines a custom attribute that specifies an assembly title for an assembly manifest

Defines a custom attribute that specifies a copyright for an assembly manifest

Defines a custom attribute that specifies a trademark for an assembly manifest

Optionally, you can specify whether the resource is public or private in the assembly manifest, as with the following

Defines a custom attribute that specifies a product name for an assembly manifest

Defines a custom attribute that specifies a company name for an assembly manifest

Defines a friendly default alias for an assembly manifest

Similar to a table of contents, the assembly manifest contains the following

For example, if you want the module that contains the assembly manifest, pass the scope name of the module to