Specifies the name of a key container within the CSP containing the key pair used to generate a strong name.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited := False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class AssemblyKeyNameAttribute _
Inherits Attribute
Dim instance As AssemblyKeyNameAttribute
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited = false)]
public sealed class AssemblyKeyNameAttribute : Attribute
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Assembly, Inherited = false)]
public ref class AssemblyKeyNameAttribute sealed : public Attribute
public final class AssemblyKeyNameAttribute extends Attribute
When building a strong-named assembly, the author must supply either this attribute or AssemblyKeyFileAttribute.
An example of the syntax is [assembly:AssemblyKeyNameAttribute("myContainer")].
The classes in System.Runtime.CompilerServices are intended for use by compilers only. Do not use them unless you are building a compiler.
For more information, see the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) documentation, especially "Partition II: Metadata Definition and Semantics". The documentation is available online; see ECMA C# and Common Language Infrastructure Standards on MSDN and Standard ECMA-335 - Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) on the Ecma International Web site.
System..::.Object
System..::.Attribute
System.Reflection..::.AssemblyKeyNameAttribute
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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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.
.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
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