Changing an assembly identity without recompiling

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Vitaly Belman - 21 Dec 2007 14:01 GMT

I have a certain assembly a.dll with a certain identity (Name,
Version).

Is it possible to alter the identity of the assembly without
recompiling the actual assembly code?

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Peter Ritchie [C# MVP] - 21 Dec 2007 18:19 GMT

No, name and version are used with Strong Naming, if name and version could
be changed without recompilation Strong Naming could be compromised. Signing
(strong naming) is done before an assembly is loadable (at time of
compilation or after, if delay signing).

what are you trying to accomplish? Maybe there's something else you can do.

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> I have a certain assembly a.dll with a certain identity (Name,
> Version).
>
> Is it possible to alter the identity of the assembly without
> recompiling the actual assembly code?

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