Unmanaged API Reference

This section includes information on unmanaged APIs that can be used by managed-code-related applications, such as runtime hosts, compilers, disassemblers, obfuscators, debuggers, and profilers.

In This Section

• ALink API (Unmanaged API Reference)
  Describes the ALink API, which supports the creation of .NET Framework assemblies and unbound modules.

• Constants (Unmanaged API Reference)
  Describes the constants that are defined in CorSym.idl.

• Custom Interface Attributes (Unmanaged API Reference)
  Describes component object model (COM) custom interface attributes.

• Debugging (Unmanaged API Reference)
  Describes the debugging API, which enables a debugger to debug code that runs in the common language runtime (CLR) environment.

• Diagnostics Symbol Store (Unmanaged API Reference)
  Describes the diagnostics symbol store API, which enables a compiler to generate symbol information for use by a debugger.

• Fusion (Unmanaged API Reference)
  Describes the fusion API, which enables a runtime host to access the properties of an application's resources in order to locate the correct versions of those resources for the application.

• Hosting (Unmanaged API Reference)
  Describes the hosting API, which enables unmanaged hosts to integrate the CLR into their applications.

• Metadata (Unmanaged API Reference)
  Describes the metadata API, which enables a client such as a compiler to generate or access a component's metadata without the types being loaded by the CLR.

• Profiling (Unmanaged API Reference)
  Describes the profiling API, which enables a profiler to monitor a program's execution by the CLR.

• Strong Naming (Unmanaged API Reference)
  Describes the strong naming API, which enables a client to administer strong name signing for assemblies.