IMetaDataAssemblyEmit::DefineAssembly Method

Creates an Assembly structure containing metadata for the specified assembly and returns the associated metadata token.

HRESULT DefineAssembly (
    [in]  void                 *pbPublicKey,
    [in]  ULONG                cbPublicKey,
    [in]  ULONG                uHashAlgId,
    [in]  LPCWSTR              szName, 
    [in]  ASSEMBLYMETADATA     *pMetaData,
    [in]  DWORD                dwAssemblyFlags,
    [out] mdAssembly           *pmda
);

Parameters

• pbPublicKey
  [in] The public key that identifies the publisher of the assembly, or NULL if the assembly is not strongly named.

• cbPublicKey
  [in] The size in bytes of pbPublicKey.

• uHashAlgId
  [in] The identifier of the hashing algorithm to use to encrypt the files in the assembly, or NULL to specify the SHA-1 algorithm.

• szName
  [in] The human-readable text name of the assembly. This value must not exceed 1024 characters.

• pMetaData
  [in] A pointer to an ASSEMBLYMETADATA instance that contains the version, platform, and locale information for the assembly.

• dwAssemblyFlags
  [in] A combination of AssemblyFlags values that describe features of the assembly.

• pmda
  [out] A pointer to the metadata token.

Remarks

Only one Assembly metadata structure can be defined within a manifest.

Requirements

Platforms: See .NET Framework System Requirements.

Header: Cor.h

Library: Included as a resource in MsCorEE.dll

.NET Framework Versions: 4, 3.5 SP1, 3.5, 3.0 SP1, 3.0, 2.0 SP1, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

See Also

Reference

IMetaDataAssemblyEmit Interface