Reference::StrongName Property

Visual Studio 2015

Gets whether the reference is signed with a public/private key pair. Read-only.

Namespace: VSLangProj
Assembly: VSLangProj (in VSLangProj.dll)

Syntax

property bool StrongName {
	bool get();
}

true if the reference is signed with a public/private key pair.

The value returned depends on the reference type.

Reference Type	Value Returned
Assembly	True if the reference has a strong name.
COM	False; COM objects do not have strong names.

Only assemblies with strong names may be placed in the global assembly cache. For more information on strong names and the global assembly cache, see Strong-Named Assemblies, Global Assembly Cache, and Working with Assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache.

See the example in Reference.