.NET Framework Class Library for Silverlight
Assembly..::.GetName Method

This member has a SecurityCriticalAttribute attribute, which restricts it to internal use by the .NET Framework for Silverlight class library. Application code that uses this member throws a MethodAccessException.
[SECURITY CRITICAL]

Gets an AssemblyName for this assembly.

Namespace:  System.Reflection
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration) 
<SecurityCriticalAttribute> _
Public Overridable Function GetName As AssemblyName
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As [Assembly]
Dim returnValue As AssemblyName

returnValue = instance.GetName()
C# 
[SecurityCriticalAttribute]
public virtual AssemblyName GetName()

Return Value

Type: System.Reflection..::.AssemblyName
An AssemblyName for this assembly.
Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

Reference

Assembly Class
Assembly Members
GetName Overload
System.Reflection Namespace
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Community Content

Samuel Jack
Workaround
This code will get the assembly name for you in Silverlight:

var assemblyName = new AssemblyName(assembly.FullName);
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Duckboy
Simple Name
If you just want to get the simple name (normally, but not necessarily, the same as the assembly file name without the .dll extension), you can do the following to avoid the overhead of creating an AssemblyName object:

var simpleName = assembly.FullName.Split(',') [0];

For example, to load an XML resource when you don't know the application's assembly name (or don't want to hard-code it in your source), get the executing application's assembly name first, as follows:

var resourceFileName = "example.xml";
var appName = Application.Current.GetType().Assembly.FullName.Split (',') [0]; // simple name is first part
var resourceInfo = Application.GetResourceStream (new Uri (appName + ";component/"
        + resourceFileName, UriKind.Relative));
var doc = XDocument.Load (resourceInfo.Stream);


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