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IMetaDataAssemblyEmit::DefineAssembly Method

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Creates an Assembly structure containing metadata for the specified assembly and returns the associated metadata token.

HRESULT DefineAssembly (
        [in]  void                 *pbPublicKey,
        [in]  ULONG                cbPublicKey,
        [in]  ULONG                uHashAlgId,
        [in]  LPCWSTR              szName, 
        [in]  ASSEMBLYMETADATA     *pMetaData,
        [in]  DWORD                dwAssemblyFlags,
        [out] mdAssembly           *pmda
);

Parameters

  • pbPublicKey
    [in] The public key that identifies the publisher of the assembly, or NULL if the assembly is not strongly named.

  • cbPublicKey
    [in] The size in bytes of pbPublicKey.

  • uHashAlgId
    [in] The identifier of the hashing algorithm to use to encrypt the files in the assembly, or NULL to specify the SHA-1 algorithm.

  • szName
    [in] The human-readable text name of the assembly. This value must not exceed 1024 characters.

  • pMetaData
    [in] A pointer to an ASSEMBLYMETADATA instance that contains the version, platform, and locale information for the assembly.

  • dwAssemblyFlags
    [in] A combination of AssemblyFlags values that describe features of the assembly.

  • pmda
    [out] A pointer to the metadata token.

Remarks

Only one Assembly metadata structure can be defined within a manifest.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family

Header: Cor.h

Library: Included as a resource in MsCorEE.dll

.NET Framework Version: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

See Also

Concepts

IMetaDataAssemblyEmit Interface