Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly Method (System.Reflection)

GetExecutingAssembly Method

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Assembly..::.GetExecutingAssembly Method

Gets the assembly that contains the code that is currently executing.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Function GetExecutingAssembly As Assembly

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim returnValue As [Assembly]

returnValue = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()

public static Assembly GetExecutingAssembly()

Visual C++

public:
static Assembly^ GetExecutingAssembly()

JScript

public static function GetExecutingAssembly() : Assembly

Return Value

Type: System.Reflection..::.Assembly
A Assembly representing the assembly that contains the code that is currently executing.

Remarks

To get the assembly that contains the method that called the currently executing code, use the GetCallingAssembly method.

Examples

The following example gets the assembly of the currently running code.

Visual Basic

    Dim SampleAssembly As [Assembly]
    ' Instantiate a target object.
    Dim Integer1 As New Int32()
    Dim Type1 As Type
    ' Set the Type instance to the target class type.
    Type1 = Integer1.GetType()
    ' Instantiate an Assembly class to the assembly housing the Integer type.  
    SampleAssembly = [Assembly].GetAssembly(Integer1.GetType())
    ' Display the name of the assembly currently executing
    Console.WriteLine(("GetExecutingAssembly=" + [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly().FullName))
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Assembly SampleAssembly;
// Instantiate a target object.
Int32 Integer1 = new Int32();
Type Type1;
// Set the Type instance to the target class type.
Type1 = Integer1.GetType();
// Instantiate an Assembly class to the assembly housing the Integer type.  
SampleAssembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(Integer1.GetType());
// Display the name of the assembly currently executing
Console.WriteLine("GetExecutingAssembly=" + Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName);

Visual C++

Assembly^ SampleAssembly;
// Instantiate a target object.
Int32 Integer1(0);
Type^ Type1;
// Set the Type instance to the target class type.
Type1 = Integer1.GetType();
// Instantiate an Assembly class to the assembly housing the Integer type.  
SampleAssembly = Assembly::GetAssembly( Integer1.GetType() );
// Display the name of the assembly currently executing
Console::WriteLine( "GetExecutingAssembly= {0}", Assembly::GetExecutingAssembly()->FullName );

JScript

var SampleAssembly : Assembly;
// Instantiate a target object.
var Integer1 : Int32 = 0;
var Type1 : Type;
// Set the Type instance to the target class type.
Type1 = Integer1.GetType();
// Instantiate an Assembly class to the assembly housing the Integer type.  
SampleAssembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(Integer1.GetType());
// Display the name of the assembly currently executing
Console.WriteLine("GetExecutingAssembly=" + Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName);

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

Assembly Class

Assembly Members

System.Reflection Namespace