Reference3.StrongName Property

Gets whether the reference is signed with a public/private key pair.

Namespace:  VSLangProj80
Assembly:  VSLangProj80 (in VSLangProj80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property StrongName As Boolean

bool StrongName { get; }

property bool StrongName {
    bool get ();
}

abstract StrongName : bool with get

function get StrongName () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
A boolean value indicating whether the reference is signed with a public/private key pair.

Remarks

The returned value depends on the reference type.

Reference Type	Value Returned
Assembly	True if the reference has a strong name.
COM	False; COM objects do not have strong names.

Only assemblies with strong names may be placed in the global assembly cache. For more information on strong names and the global assembly cache, see Strong-Named Assemblies, Global Assembly Cache, and Working with Assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache.

Examples

This example adds an Assembly and a COM reference to an open Visual Basic or Visual C# project. It then determines if the assembly reference has a strong name. For the COM reference, StrongName is false. To run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

The default paths for the added reference are: <installation root>\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies for adodb.dll, and <installation root>\Program Files\Common Files\SpeechEngines\Microsoft for spcommon.dll. Replace <file path> in the example with these or other appropriate file paths.

Imports VSLangProj
Imports VSLangProj2
Imports VSLangProj80
Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
 ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
 ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
    applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
    addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
    DisplayStrongNameValue(applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub DisplayStrongNameValue(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Dim aProject As Project
    Dim aVSProject As VSProject2
    aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1)
    aVSProject = _
    CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, _
    VSProject2)
    ' Add an Assembly reference and display its strong name value.
    Dim newRef As Reference3
    ' Replace the <file path> with an actual file path.
    newRef = CType(aVSProject.References.Add("<file path>\adodb.dll"), _
    Reference3)
    MsgBox("Added an assembly reference, named: " & newRef.Name)
    MsgBox("The StrongName value of " & newRef.Name & " is " _
    & newRef.StrongName.ToString())
    ' Add a COM reference and display its strong name value.
    ' Replace <file path> with an actual file path.
    newRef = CType(aVSProject.References.Add
("<file path>\spcommon.dll"), Reference3)
    MsgBox("Added a COM reference, named: " & newRef.Name)
    MsgBox("The StrongName value of " & newRef.Name & " is " _
    & newRef.StrongName.ToString())
End Sub

using System.Windows.Forms;
using VSLangProj;
using VSLangProj2;
using VSLangProj80;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    DisplayStrongNameValue(((DTE2)applicationObject));
}
public void DisplayStrongNameValue(DTE2 dte)
{
    // The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
VSProject2 vsProject =
((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));
    Reference3 aRef = null;
    // Add an Assembly reference and display its strong name value.
    ' Replace the <file path> with an actual file path.
    aRef = (Reference3)vsProject.References.Add(@"<file path>\adodb.dll");
    MessageBox.Show("Added an Assembly reference, named: "
+ aRef.Name);
MessageBox.Show("The StrongName value of " + aRef.Name + " is "
+ aRef.StrongName.ToString());
    // Add a COM reference and display its strong name value.
    ' Replace <file path> with an actual file path.
aRef = (Reference3)vsProject.References.Add
(@"<file path>\spcommon.dll");
    MessageBox.Show("Added a COM reference named: " + aRef.Name);
    MessageBox.Show("The StrongName value of " + aRef.Name + " is "
+ aRef.StrongName.ToString());
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Reference3 Interface

VSLangProj80 Namespace