Re: Having trouble understanding assemblies

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From: David Browne (meat_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:08:28 -0500

"RichM" <RichM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E4DCD1FE-C2AA-4F3A-8C15-8E5962E4044B@microsoft.com...
> Here is my scenario:
>
> I have an editor exe and a dll written in C#. The editor exe is closely
related to the dll and needs full access to it. However, the dll will also
be used in a more limited fashion by client applications other than the
editor application. I would like to use the 'internal' keyword on my dll's
classes so that only the editor app can have access to some things, but my
editor app is in a different assembly so that doesn't work. My editor app
is not a 'client' to my dll in the same way other apps would be.
>
> Can I use the 'internal' keyword to provide access to my app if I create a
multifile assembly? How do I get my IDE to do this? I can't figure it out.
>
> How do I handle this situation?

You probably just push the functionality into the DLL. A dll can have
forms, you know. Then your EXE project is just a thin wrapper around the
functionality in the DLL.

David

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