AssemblyDelaySignAttribute Class

Definition

Specifies that the assembly is not fully signed when created.

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited=false)]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
public sealed class AssemblyDelaySignAttribute : Attribute
Inheritance
AssemblyDelaySignAttribute
Attributes

Inherited Members

System.Attribute

System.Object

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the AssemblyDelaySignAttribute attribute with the AssemblyKeyFileAttribute. To compile this example, you must create a strong-name key file named TestPublicKey.snk using the Sn.exe (Strong Name Tool):

sn -k TestPublicKey.snk   

Compile the example as a .dll. If you compile from the command line, use the /t:library option for C# or Visual Basic, or the /LD linker option for Visual C++.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;

[assembly:AssemblyKeyFileAttribute("TestPublicKey.snk")];
[assembly:AssemblyDelaySignAttribute(true)];

namespace DelaySign
{
    public ref class Test { };
}
using System;
using System.Reflection;

[assembly:AssemblyKeyFileAttribute("TestPublicKey.snk")]
[assembly:AssemblyDelaySignAttribute(true)]

namespace DelaySign
{
	public class Test { }
}
Imports System
Imports System.Reflection

<assembly:AssemblyDelaySignAttribute(true)>
<assembly:AssemblyKeyFileAttribute("TestPublicKey.snk")>

Namespace DelaySign

    Public class Test
    End Class

End Namespace

Remarks

When this attribute is used on an assembly, space is reserved for the signature which is later filled by a signing tool such as the Sn.exe utility. Delayed signing is used when the author of the assembly does not have access to the private key that will be used to generate the signature, as in [assembly:AssemblyDelaySignAttribute(true)].

The classes in System.Runtime.CompilerServices are intended for use by compilers only. Do not use them unless you are building a compiler.

For more information, see the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) documentation, especially "Partition II: Metadata Definition and Semantics". The documentation is available online; see ECMA C# and Common Language Infrastructure Standards on MSDN and Standard ECMA-335 - Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) on the Ecma International Web site.

Constructors

AssemblyDelaySignAttribute(Boolean)

Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyDelaySignAttribute class.

Properties

DelaySign

Gets a value indicating the state of the attribute.