AssemblyIdentity.FromAssemblyName Method

Parses string to obtain an assembly identity. Returns null if identity could not be obtained.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function FromAssemblyName ( _
    assemblyName As String _
) As AssemblyIdentity

public static AssemblyIdentity FromAssemblyName(
    string assemblyName
)

public:
static AssemblyIdentity^ FromAssemblyName(
    String^ assemblyName
)

static member FromAssemblyName : 
        assemblyName:string -> AssemblyIdentity

public static function FromAssemblyName(
    assemblyName : String
) : AssemblyIdentity

Parameters

• assemblyName
  Type: System.String

  The full name of the assembly, also known as the display name.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities.AssemblyIdentity
The resulting assembly identity.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

AssemblyIdentity Class

Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities Namespace