AssemblyIdentity.FromManagedAssembly Method

Obtains identity of the specified .NET assembly. File must be a .NET assembly. Returns null if identity could not be obtained.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function FromManagedAssembly ( _
    path As String _
) As AssemblyIdentity

public static AssemblyIdentity FromManagedAssembly(
    string path
)

public:
static AssemblyIdentity^ FromManagedAssembly(
    String^ path
)

static member FromManagedAssembly : 
        path:string -> AssemblyIdentity

public static function FromManagedAssembly(
    path : String
) : AssemblyIdentity

Parameters

• path
  Type: System.String

  The name of the file from which the identity is to be obtained.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities.AssemblyIdentity
The assembly identity of the specified file.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

AssemblyIdentity Class

Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities Namespace