TargetFrameworkAttribute Class
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Identifies the version of the .NET Framework that a particular assembly was compiled against.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The TargetFrameworkAttribute type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | TargetFrameworkAttribute | Initializes an instance of the TargetFrameworkAttribute class by specifying the .NET Framework version against which an assembly was built. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | FrameworkDisplayName | Gets the display name of the .NET Framework version against which an assembly was built. |
| FrameworkName | Gets the name of the .NET Framework version against which a particular assembly was compiled. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Equals | Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
 | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Match | When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
The TargetFrameworkAttribute class provides an attribute that you can apply to an assembly to indicate the version of the .NET Framework runtime against which the assembly was built. The following example applies the TargetFrameworkAttribute to an assembly to indicate .NET version information.
Imports System.Runtime.Versioning <Assembly: TargetFramework("Phone,Version=v7.1)")> Namespace MyCompany.Utilities Public Class StringLibrary ' Members defined here. End Class End Namespace
The TargetFrameworkAttribute class constructor has a single parameter, frameworkName, that specifies the .NET Framework version against which the assembly was built. This parameter maps to the FrameworkName property. In addition, the TargetFrameworkAttribute attribute can specify a FrameworkDisplayName property to provide a more descriptive .NET Framework version string that is suitable for displaying to clients of the assembly. The following example applies the TargetFrameworkAttribute to an assembly and assigns both property values to indicate assembly version information.
Imports System.Runtime.Versioning <Assembly: TargetFramework("Phone,Version=v7.1)", _ FrameworkDisplayName:="Windows Phone, Version 7.1")> Namespace MyCompany.Utilities Public Class StringLibrary ' Members defined here. End Class End Namespace
Version Notes
Windows Phone
This type is present to support the .NET Compact Framework infrastructure in Windows Phone, and it is not intended to be used in your application code.