How many types of assemblies are there , what are they?

How many types of assemblies are there , what are they?

Assemblies are the building blocks of .NET Framework applications. Public assembly- are the dll/exe file that can be used in different application. The main advantage of public assemblies is code reusability. Private assembly -is the assembly used inside the appliccationShared assembly- to run multiple versions of an application or component on the same computer. Satellite assembly -used for multi-cultural application in .NET
 

Assemblies are 3 types1.private (Available for the same programm)2. public/shared (saved in Global Assemblie cache for all .net assemblie)3. sattilite assemblies

Lets see the steps to create this
Use sn -k for strong naming
Then use GACUTIL -i to install the assembly into GAC.

.Net Assembly can be classified in four Categories:

  (A)  With Respect to  Program Access.
          i) Private Assembly- It can be used only in one application.
         ii) Public/Shared Assembly- It can be used by all applications in the server.

  (B)  With Respect to Number of Resources.
          i) Static Assembly- It uses fixed resources.
         ii) Dynamic Assembly- It supports dynamic creation of resouces or files at   
             runtime programatically.

  (C) With Respect to Deployment.
         i) Satellite Assembly- Easily Deployable. (Visual Studio 2005).
        ii) Resource-Only Assembly- In Visual Studio 2003.

  (D) With Respect to Number of Assemblies.
         i) Single File Assembly- /Bin/x.dll

        ii) Multi File Assembly- /Bin/x.dll
                                                   y.dll
                                                   z.dll 
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