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AssemblyName.ToString Method

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Returns the full name of the assembly, also known as the display name.

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

Syntax

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public override string ToString()

Return Value

Type: System.String
The full name of the assembly, or the class name if the full name cannot be determined.

Remarks

See the description of AssemblyName for the format of the returned string.

Examples

The following example gets an AssemblyName object for a hypothetical MyAssembly.exe assembly, and then uses the ToString method to retrieve the full assembly name, or display name.

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using System;
using System.Reflection;

public class AssemblyName_GetAssemblyName
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      // Replace the string "MyAssembly.exe" with the name of an assembly,
      // including a path if necessary. If you do not have another assembly
      // to use, you can use whatever name you give to this assembly.
      //
      AssemblyName myAssemblyName = AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName("MyAssembly.exe");
      Console.WriteLine("\nDisplaying assembly information:\n");
      Console.WriteLine(myAssemblyName.ToString());
   }
}

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

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

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

AssemblyName Class

System.Reflection Namespace

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