Assembly Methods
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The Assembly type exposes the following members.
Methods
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CreateInstance | Locates the specified type from this assembly and creates an instance of it using the system activator, using case-sensitive search. |
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Equals | Determines whether this assembly and the specified object are equal. (Overrides Object..::.Equals(Object).) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetCallingAssembly | Returns the Assembly of the method that invoked the currently executing method. |
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GetCustomAttributes(Boolean) | Gets all the custom attributes for this assembly. |
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GetCustomAttributes(Type, Boolean) | Gets the custom attributes for this assembly as specified by type. |
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GetExecutingAssembly | Gets the assembly that contains the code that is currently executing. |
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GetExportedTypes | Gets the types defined in this assembly that are visible outside the assembly. |
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GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for this instance. (Overrides Object..::.GetHashCode()()().) |
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GetManifestResourceInfo | Returns information about how the given resource has been persisted. |
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GetManifestResourceNames | Returns the names of all the resources in this assembly. |
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GetManifestResourceStream(String) | Loads the specified manifest resource from this assembly. |
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GetManifestResourceStream(Type, String) | Loads the specified manifest resource, scoped by the namespace of the specified type, from this assembly. |
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GetModules | Gets all the modules that are part of this assembly. |
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GetName()()() | Security Critical. Gets an AssemblyName for this assembly. |
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GetName(Boolean) | Security Critical. Gets an AssemblyName for this assembly, setting the codebase as specified by copiedName. |
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GetSatelliteAssembly(CultureInfo) | Gets the satellite assembly for the specified culture. |
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GetSatelliteAssembly(CultureInfo, Version) | Gets the specified version of the satellite assembly for the specified culture. |
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GetType()()() | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetType(String) | Gets the Type object with the specified name in the assembly instance. |
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GetType(String, Boolean) | Gets the Type object with the specified name in the assembly instance and optionally throws an exception if the type is not found. |
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GetTypes | Gets the types defined in this assembly. |
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IsDefined | Indicates whether or not a specified attribute has been applied to the assembly. |
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Load(AssemblyName) | Security Critical. Loads an assembly given its AssemblyName. |
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Load(String) | Loads an assembly given the long form of its name. |
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LoadFrom | Security Critical. Loads an assembly given its file name or path. |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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ToString | Returns the full name of the assembly, also known as the display name. (Overrides Object..::.ToString()()().) |
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Extension Methods
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GetCustomAttribute(Type) | Overloaded. Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified assembly. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttribute<(Of <(T>)>)()()() | Overloaded. Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified assembly. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttributes()()() | Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes that are applied to a specified assembly. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttributes(Type) | Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes of a specified type that are applied to a specified assembly. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttributes<(Of <(T>)>)()()() | Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes of a specified type that are applied to a specified assembly. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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IsDefined | Indicates whether custom attributes of a specified type are applied to a specified assembly. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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