<assemblyBinding> Element for <configuration>
Specifies assembly binding policy at the configuration level.
<configuration> Element
<assemblyBinding> Element for <configuration>
<assemblyBinding
xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
</assemblyBinding>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
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xmlns |
Required attribute. Specifies the XML namespace required for assembly binding. Use the string "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" as the value. |
Child Elements
Element |
Description |
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Specifies a configuration file to include. |
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
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The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications. |
Remarks
The <linkedConfiguration> Element simplifies the management of component assemblies by allowing application configuration files to include assembly configuration files in well-known locations, rather than duplicating assembly configuration settings.
Note |
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The <linkedConfiguration> element is not supported for applications with Windows side-by-side manifests. |
Example
The following code example shows how to include a configuration file on the local hard disk.
<configuration>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<linkedConfiguration href="file://c:\Program Files\Contoso\sharedConfig.xml"/>
</assemblyBinding>
</configuration>