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Monday, December 3, 2007

How to give strong name to DLL and how to install DLL in GAC

Steps for Giving strong name to DLL

1.)Open .net command prompt.

2.)Go to the folder contanig DLL.

3.)Type sn -k test.snk, you can use any file name instead of test. This will create test .snk file in that folder.

4.)Open the assemblyinfo.cs file of project.

5.)Type file path in this tag [assembly:AssemblyKeyFile@"E:\hemant\practice\HP\bin\Debug\HP.snk")]

6.)Build application, finally your strong name created for your DLL.

Steps for Installing in GAC

1.)After giving strong name in .net command prompt type gacutil in DLL path which
will install file in assembly.

2.)Copy the DLL file C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322 folder.

3.)Add references to another project using .net tab.

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