Appendix B: Packaging and Deployment Tools
The .NET Framework SDK includes several useful tools for examining assemblies and working with the system assembly cache.
| Assembly Binding Log Viewer (Fuslogvw.exe) | Windows-based tool for examining assembly and resource bind requests. |
| Assembly Linker (Al.exe) | Assembly Linker for creating assembly manifests, satellite assemblies, and working with the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). |
| Global Assembly Cache Tool (Gacutil.exe) | Console utility that manages the Global Assembly (GAC) and download caches. |
| MSIL Disassembler (Ildasm.exe) | Windows-based tool for examining the manifest (containing metadata) and MSIL code inside assemblies. |
| Strong Name Tool (Sn.exe) | Console utility to help generate strongly named assemblies. |
See .NET Framework Tools for additional documentation on these and other .NET Framework SDK tools.
See Also
Assembly Linker (Al.exe) | Assembly Binding Log Viewer (Fuslogvw.exe) | Global Assembly Cache Tool (Gacutil.exe) | MSIL Disassembler (Ildasm.exe) | Strong Name Tool (Sn.exe)