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AssemblyBuilder::DefineVersionInfoResource Method (String^, String^, String^, String^, String^)

 

Defines an unmanaged version information resource for this assembly with the given specifications.

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

public:
void DefineVersionInfoResource(
	String^ product,
	String^ productVersion,
	String^ company,
	String^ copyright,
	String^ trademark
)

Parameters

product
Type: System::String^

The name of the product with which this assembly is distributed.

productVersion
Type: System::String^

The version of the product with which this assembly is distributed.

company
Type: System::String^

The name of the company that produced this assembly.

copyright
Type: System::String^

Describes all copyright notices, trademarks, and registered trademarks that apply to this assembly. This should include the full text of all notices, legal symbols, copyright dates, trademark numbers, and so on. In English, this string should be in the format "Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1990-2001".

trademark
Type: System::String^

Describes all trademarks and registered trademarks that apply to this assembly. This should include the full text of all notices, legal symbols, trademark numbers, and so on. In English, this string should be in the format "Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation".

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

An unmanaged version information resource was previously defined.

-or-

The unmanaged version information is too large to persist.

SecurityException

The caller does not have the required permission.

An assembly can be associated with only one unmanaged resource. This means that calling DefineVersionInfoResource or DefineUnmanagedResource after either one of the methods was called previously will throw the System.ArgumentException. Multiple unmanaged resources need to be merged with a tool such as the Microsoft ResMerge utility (not supplied with the common language runtime SDK).

Empty argument strings get written as a single space. Spaces are substituted for null characters in the argument strings.

The structure of the version resource includes data that identifies the version, language, and distribution of the file. Installation programs use the functions in the file installation library (VER.DLL) to retrieve the version information resource from a file and to extract the version information blocks from the resource.

System_CAPS_noteNote

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, this member no longer requires ReflectionPermission with the ReflectionPermissionFlag::ReflectionEmit flag. (See Security Issues in Reflection Emit.) To use this functionality, your application should target the .NET Framework 3.5 or later.

The example below illustrates the usage of DefineVersionInfoResource.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Reflection::Emit;


/*
// Create the callee transient dynamic assembly.
static Type^ CreateAssembly( AppDomain^ myDomain )
{
   AssemblyName^ myAssemblyName = gcnew AssemblyName;
   myAssemblyName->Name = "MyEmittedAssembly";
   AssemblyBuilder^ myAssembly = myDomain->DefineDynamicAssembly( myAssemblyName, AssemblyBuilderAccess::Save );

   // Set Company Attribute to the assembly.
   Type^ companyAttribute = AssemblyCompanyAttribute::typeid;
   array<Type^>^types1 = {String::typeid};
   ConstructorInfo^ myConstructorInfo1 = companyAttribute->GetConstructor( types1 );
   array<Object^>^obj1 = {"Microsoft Corporation"};
   CustomAttributeBuilder^ attributeBuilder1 = gcnew CustomAttributeBuilder( myConstructorInfo1,obj1 );
   myAssembly->SetCustomAttribute( attributeBuilder1 );

   // Set Copyright Attribute to the assembly.
   Type^ copyrightAttribute = AssemblyCopyrightAttribute::typeid;
   array<Type^>^types2 = {String::typeid};
   ConstructorInfo^ myConstructorInfo2 = copyrightAttribute->GetConstructor( types2 );
   array<Object^>^obj2 = {"@Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1990-2001"};
   CustomAttributeBuilder^ attributeBuilder2 = gcnew CustomAttributeBuilder( myConstructorInfo2,obj2 );
   myAssembly->SetCustomAttribute( attributeBuilder2 );
   ModuleBuilder^ myModule = myAssembly->DefineDynamicModule( "EmittedModule", "EmittedModule.mod" );

   // Define a public class named S"HelloWorld" in the assembly.
   TypeBuilder^ helloWorldClass = myModule->DefineType( "HelloWorld", TypeAttributes::Public );

   // Define the Display method.
   MethodBuilder^ myMethod = helloWorldClass->DefineMethod( "Display", MethodAttributes::Public, String::typeid, nullptr );

   // Generate IL for GetGreeting.
   ILGenerator^ methodIL = myMethod->GetILGenerator();
   methodIL->Emit( OpCodes::Ldstr, "Display method get called." );
   methodIL->Emit( OpCodes::Ret );

   // Returns the type HelloWorld.
   return (helloWorldClass->CreateType());
}
*/

int main()
{
   AssemblyName^ assemName = gcnew AssemblyName();
   assemName->Name = "EmittedAssembly";

   // Create a dynamic assembly in the current application domain,
   // specifying that the assembly is to be saved.
   //
   AssemblyBuilder^ myAssembly = 
      AppDomain::CurrentDomain->DefineDynamicAssembly(assemName, 
         AssemblyBuilderAccess::Save);


   // To apply an attribute to a dynamic assembly, first get the 
   // attribute type. The AssemblyFileVersionAttribute sets the 
   // File Version field on the Version tab of the Windows file
   // properties dialog.
   //
   Type^ attributeType = AssemblyFileVersionAttribute::typeid;

   // To identify the constructor, use an array of types representing
   // the constructor's parameter types. This ctor takes a string.
   //
   array<Type^>^ ctorParameters = { String::typeid };

   // Get the constructor for the attribute.
   //
   ConstructorInfo^ ctor = attributeType->GetConstructor(ctorParameters);

   // Pass the constructor and an array of arguments (in this case,
   // an array containing a single string) to the 
   // CustomAttributeBuilder constructor.
   //
   array<Object^>^ ctorArgs = { "2.0.3033.0" };
   CustomAttributeBuilder^ attribute = 
      gcnew CustomAttributeBuilder(ctor, ctorArgs);

   // Finally, apply the attribute to the assembly.
   //
   myAssembly->SetCustomAttribute(attribute);


   // The pattern described above is used to create and apply
   // several more attributes. As it happens, all these attributes
   // have a constructor that takes a string, so the same ctorArgs
   // variable works for all of them.


   // The AssemblyTitleAttribute sets the Description field on
   // the General tab and the Version tab of the Windows file 
   // properties dialog.
   //
   attributeType = AssemblyTitleAttribute::typeid;
   ctor = attributeType->GetConstructor(ctorParameters);
   ctorArgs = gcnew array<Object^> { "The Application Title" };
   attribute = gcnew CustomAttributeBuilder(ctor, ctorArgs);
   myAssembly->SetCustomAttribute(attribute);

   // The AssemblyCopyrightAttribute sets the Copyright field on
   // the Version tab.
   //
   attributeType = AssemblyCopyrightAttribute::typeid;
   ctor = attributeType->GetConstructor(ctorParameters);
   ctorArgs = gcnew array<Object^> { "� My Example Company 1991-2005" };
   attribute = gcnew CustomAttributeBuilder(ctor, ctorArgs);
   myAssembly->SetCustomAttribute(attribute);

   // The AssemblyDescriptionAttribute sets the Comment item.
   //
   attributeType = AssemblyDescriptionAttribute::typeid;
   ctor = attributeType->GetConstructor(ctorParameters);
   attribute = gcnew CustomAttributeBuilder(ctor, 
      gcnew array<Object^> { "This is a comment." });
   myAssembly->SetCustomAttribute(attribute);

   // The AssemblyCompanyAttribute sets the Company item.
   //
   attributeType = AssemblyCompanyAttribute::typeid;
   ctor = attributeType->GetConstructor(ctorParameters);
   attribute = gcnew CustomAttributeBuilder(ctor, 
      gcnew array<Object^> { "My Example Company" });
   myAssembly->SetCustomAttribute(attribute);

   // The AssemblyProductAttribute sets the Product Name item.
   //
   attributeType = AssemblyProductAttribute::typeid;
   ctor = attributeType->GetConstructor(ctorParameters);
   attribute = gcnew CustomAttributeBuilder(ctor, 
      gcnew array<Object^> { "My Product Name" });
   myAssembly->SetCustomAttribute(attribute);


   // Define the assembly's only module. For a single-file assembly,
   // the module name is the assembly name.
   //
   ModuleBuilder^ myModule = 
      myAssembly->DefineDynamicModule(assemName->Name, 
         assemName->Name + ".exe");

   // No types or methods are created for this example.


   // Define the unmanaged version information resource, which
   // contains the attribute informaion applied earlier, and save
   // the assembly. Use the Windows Explorer to examine the properties
   // of the .exe file.
   //
   myAssembly->DefineVersionInfoResource();
   myAssembly->Save(assemName->Name + ".exe");
}

ReflectionPermission

when invoked late-bound through mechanisms such as Type::InvokeMember. Associated enumeration: ReflectionPermissionFlag::MemberAccess.

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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