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AppDomain.FriendlyName Property

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Gets the friendly name of this application domain.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

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public string FriendlyName { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The friendly name of this application domain.

Implements

_AppDomain.FriendlyName

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
AppDomainUnloadedException	The operation is attempted on an unloaded application domain.

Remarks

The friendly name of the default application domain is the file name of the process executable. For example, if the executable used to start the process is "c:\MyAppDirectory\MyAssembly.exe", the friendly name of the default application domain is "MyAssembly.exe".

Examples

The following code example uses the FriendlyName property to get the friendly name of the current application domain. For the default application domain, the friendly name is the name of the application's executable file. The code example also displays additional information about the application domain.

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using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Security.Policy;  //for evidence object

class ADSetupInformation
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		//Create the application domain setup information.
		AppDomainSetup domaininfo = new AppDomainSetup();
		domaininfo.ApplicationBase = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory;
		//Create evidence for new appdomain.
		Evidence adevidence = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.Evidence;
		// Create the new application domain using setup information.
		AppDomain domain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("MyDomain", adevidence, domaininfo);

		// Write out the application domain information.
            Console.WriteLine("Host domain: " + AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName);
            Console.WriteLine("new child domain: " + domain.FriendlyName);
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Application base is: " + domain.SetupInformation.ApplicationBase);

		AppDomain.Unload(domain);
	
		
	}
	
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

AppDomain Class

System Namespace

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