Name Property

AssemblyName.Name Property

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Gets or sets the simple name of the assembly. This is usually, but not necessarily, the file name of the manifest file of the assembly, minus its extension.

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

'Declaration
Public Property Name As String

Property Value

Type: System.String
The simple name of the assembly.

The manifest file is the file that contains the assembly manifest.

For example, the simple name of a single-file assembly named "MyAssembly.dll" is "MyAssembly".

The following example emits a dynamic assembly. When the assembly is created, the Name property is used to set the simple name of the dynamic assembly.


Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Reflection.Emit

Public Class Example

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)

      ' Create a dynamic assembly with name 'MyAssembly' and build version '1.0.0.2001'.
      Dim myAssemblyName As New AssemblyName()
      myAssemblyName.Name = "MyAssembly"
      myAssemblyName.Version = New Version("1.0.0.2001")

      ' Get the assembly builder from the application domain associated with 
      ' the current thread.
      Dim myAssemblyBuilder As AssemblyBuilder = _
         AppDomain.CurrentDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(myAssemblyName, _
            AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run)

      ' Create a dynamic module in the assembly.
      Dim myModuleBuilder As ModuleBuilder = myAssemblyBuilder.DefineDynamicModule("MyModule")
      ' Create a type in the module.
      Dim myTypeBuilder As TypeBuilder = myModuleBuilder.DefineType("MyType", _
         TypeAttributes.Public)
      ' Create a method called 'MyMethod'.
      Dim myMethodBuilder As MethodBuilder = myTypeBuilder.DefineMethod("MyMethod", _
         MethodAttributes.Public Or MethodAttributes.HideBySig Or MethodAttributes.Static, _
         GetType(String), Nothing)
      Dim myILGenerator As ILGenerator = myMethodBuilder.GetILGenerator()
      ' Load a string.
      myILGenerator.Emit(OpCodes.Ldstr, "Hello World!")
      ' Return the string.
      myILGenerator.Emit(OpCodes.Ret)

      ' End the creation of the type.
      Dim t As Type = myTypeBuilder.CreateType()

      ' Call the static method.
      Dim result As Object = t.InvokeMember("MyMethod", _
         BindingFlags.InvokeMethod Or BindingFlags.Public Or BindingFlags.Static, _
         Type.DefaultBinder, Nothing, Nothing)
      outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("MyMethod() returned '{0}'." & vbLf, result)

      ' Create an instance of the class.
      Dim obj As Object = Activator.CreateInstance(t)

   End Sub 
End Class 

' This example produces the following output:
'
'MyMethod() returned 'Hello World!'.


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Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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