AssemblyIdentity.GetDisplayName(Boolean) Method

Definition

Returns the display name of the assembly identity.

public string GetDisplayName (bool fullKey = false);
member this.GetDisplayName : bool -> string
Public Function GetDisplayName (Optional fullKey As Boolean = false) As String

Parameters

fullKey
Boolean

True if the full public key should be included in the name. Otherwise public key token is used.

Returns

The display name.

Remarks

Characters ',', '=', '"', '\'', '\' occurring in the simple name are escaped by backslash in the display name. Any character '\t' is replaced by two characters '\' and 't', Any character '\n' is replaced by two characters '\' and 'n', Any character '\r' is replaced by two characters '\' and 'r', The assembly name in the display name is enclosed in double quotes if it starts or ends with a whitespace character (' ', '\t', '\r', '\n').

Applies to