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Jiho Han - 14 Jun 2004 21:26 GMT

What is Shared Assemblies? Does it have anything to do with .NET? Or is
this for existing win32 .dlls? Then why are they suddenly calling them
"assemblies"?

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Scott M. - 14 Jun 2004 22:12 GMT

Yes, this is a .NET thing. In .NET, the code that you compile down to is
generically called the "assembly", the actual file could be an .exe or a
.dll, but that is besides the point.

A "shared assembly" is one that has been registered into the "Global
Assembly Cache" (GAC) of a particular computer. Shared assemblies allow the
developer to maintain just one copy of the actual assembly file and have it
available from a centralized point.

> What is Shared Assemblies? Does it have anything to do with .NET? Or is
> this for existing win32 .dlls? Then why are they suddenly calling them
> "assemblies"?

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Jiho Han - 14 Jun 2004 23:01 GMT

Apparently, there are two types of assemblies: CLR(.NET) and win32.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/assem
blies.asp

Well, in the context of .NET world, as we are in this NG, it'd seem that an
assembly refers to what you have defined and shared assemby, to some degree,
as you have defined.
Shared assemblies and side-by-side execution seem to mean a slightly
different things when spoken outside of the .NET context.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Thanks

> Yes, this is a .NET thing. In .NET, the code that you compile down to is
> generically called the "assembly", the actual file could be an .exe or a
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> > this for existing win32 .dlls? Then why are they suddenly calling them
> > "assemblies"?

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Scott M. - 14 Jun 2004 23:14 GMT

Not many people refer to Win32 components as assemblies, but the term
assembly is a fairly generic term, so I suppose it could apply to Win32. To
know the difference, you will hear people speak in terms of the assembly
being "managed" or not. If it is managed, then it means that it is managed
by the .NET Framework Common Language Runtime (CLR), if it is un-managed,
then it is not managed by the CLR (and therefore is COM based).

> Apparently, there are two types of assemblies: CLR(.NET) and win32.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/assem
blies.asp

> Well, in the context of .NET world, as we are in this NG, it'd seem that an
> assembly refers to what you have defined and shared assemby, to some degree,
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> > > this for existing win32 .dlls? Then why are they suddenly calling them
> > > "assemblies"?

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