Programmatically add a strong named assembly to the GAC

Question

Is there anyway to programmatically add a strong named assembly to the GAC using C# code ?

Thanks

Answer 1

This Microsoft Support article, How to install an assembly into the Global Assembly Cache in Visual C# , should explain all you need to know.

This is typically a task performed by the installer, so I'm not sure why you'd want to do it from within a .NET program (unless I've misunderstood your question). However, you can simply use the System.Diagnostics.Process class to run all the necessary programs as an installer might.

Answer 2

The Global Assembly Cache is configured through a COM-like interface( http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;317540 ).

For all questions about the GAC, Jungfen Zhang's blog is the source of choice. http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/articles/229648.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/articles/229649.aspx

For more information, search for "managed GAC API".

Gacutil.exe is only for development purposes and should not be used to install production assemblies into the global assembly cache.

[Microsoft Installer] is the recommended and most common way to add assemblies to the global assembly cache. The installer provides reference counting of assemblies in the global assembly cache, plus other benefits.

Answer 3

只需调用gacutil命令

gacutil /i mydll.dll