_Assembly.GetName Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly:

mscorlib.dll

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetName methods.

Overloads

GetName()	Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetName() method.
GetName(Boolean)	Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetName(Boolean) method.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code, and should not be called from managed code.

The GetName methods get an AssemblyName for this assembly.

GetName()

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetName() method.

public:
 System::Reflection::AssemblyName ^ GetName();

public System.Reflection.AssemblyName GetName ();

abstract member GetName : unit -> System.Reflection.AssemblyName

Public Function GetName () As AssemblyName

Returns

AssemblyName

An AssemblyName for this assembly.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code, and should not be called from managed code.

The GetName method gets an AssemblyName for this assembly.

See also

• GetName()

GetName(Boolean)

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetName(Boolean) method.

public:
 System::Reflection::AssemblyName ^ GetName(bool copiedName);

public System.Reflection.AssemblyName GetName (bool copiedName);

abstract member GetName : bool -> System.Reflection.AssemblyName

Public Function GetName (copiedName As Boolean) As AssemblyName

Parameters

copiedName

Boolean

true to set the CodeBase to the location of the assembly after it was shadow copied; false to set CodeBase to the original location.

Returns

AssemblyName

An AssemblyName for this assembly.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code, and should not be called from managed code.

The GetName method gets an AssemblyName for this assembly, setting the codebase as specified by the copiedName parameter.

See also

• GetName(Boolean)