StrongNameCompareAssemblies Function

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Determines whether two assemblies differ only by their strong name signatures.

BOOLEAN StrongNameCompareAssemblies (
        [in]  LPCWSTR   wszAssembly1,
        [in]  LPCWSTR   wszAssembly2,
        [out] DWORD     *pdwResult
);

Parameters

  • wszAssembly1
    [in] The path to the first assembly.

  • wszAssembly2
    [in] The path to the second assembly.

  • pdwResult
    [out] One of the following values:

    • SN_CMP_DIFFERENT (0) - Specifies that the assemblies contain different data.

    • SN_CMP_IDENTICAL (1) - Specifies that the assemblies are exactly the same, including their signatures and checksum.

    • SN_CMP_SIGONLY (2) - Specifies that the assemblies differ only by signature and checksum.

Return Value

true on successful completion; otherwise, false.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family

Header: StrongName.h

Library: Included as a resource in MsCorEE.dll

.NET Framework Version: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Remarks

The strong name signature of an assembly consists of the assembly's text name, version, culture, and public key token.

If the StrongNameCompareAssemblies function does not complete successfully, call the StrongNameErrorInfo Function function to retrieve the last generated error.

See Also

Concepts

Strong Naming Global Static Functions