AssemblyDelaySignAttribute Class (System.Reflection)

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AssemblyDelaySignAttribute Class

Updated: November 2007

Specifies that the assembly is not fully signed when created.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited := False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class AssemblyDelaySignAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As AssemblyDelaySignAttribute

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited = false)]
public sealed class AssemblyDelaySignAttribute : Attribute

Visual C++

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Assembly, Inherited = false)]
public ref class AssemblyDelaySignAttribute sealed : public Attribute

/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */
/** @attribute AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited = false) */
public final class AssemblyDelaySignAttribute extends Attribute

JScript

public final class AssemblyDelaySignAttribute extends Attribute

Remarks

When this attribute is used on an assembly, space is reserved for the signature which is later filled by a signing tool such as the Sn.exe utility. Delayed signing is used when the author of the assembly does not have access to the private key that will be used to generate the signature, as in [assembly:AssemblyDelaySignAttribute(true)].

The classes in System.Runtime.CompilerServices are intended for use by compilers only. Do not use them unless you are building a compiler.

For more information, see the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) documentation, especially "Partition II: Metadata Definition and Semantics". The documentation is available online at http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma/ and http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-335.htm.

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the AssemblyDelaySignAttribute attribute with the AssemblyKeyFileAttribute. To compile this example, you must create a strong-name key file named TestPublicKey.snk using the Strong Name Tool (Sn.exe):

sn -k TestPublicKey.snk

Compile the example as a .dll. If you compile from the command line, use the /t:library option for C# or Visual Basic, or the /LD linker option for Visual C++.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.Reflection

<assembly:AssemblyDelaySignAttribute(true)>
<assembly:AssemblyKeyFileAttribute("TestPublicKey.snk")>

Namespace DelaySign

    Public class Test
    End Class

End Namespace

using System;
using System.Reflection;

[assembly:AssemblyKeyFileAttribute("TestPublicKey.snk")]
[assembly:AssemblyDelaySignAttribute(true)]

namespace DelaySign
{
    public class Test { }
}

Visual C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;

[assembly:AssemblyKeyFileAttribute("TestPublicKey.snk")];
[assembly:AssemblyDelaySignAttribute(true)];

namespace DelaySign
{
    public ref class Test { };
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
System..::.Attribute
System.Reflection..::.AssemblyDelaySignAttribute

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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