RE: Multifile Assembly

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From: BuddyWork (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/24/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:42:09 -0800

Hello,

I think you misunderstood what I was saying please read my
orginial message again.

Thanks,
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>As MSDN states:
>There are several reasons you might want to create a
multifile assembly:
>
> To combine modules written in different languages.
This is the most
>common reason for creating a multifile assembly.
>
> To optimize downloading an application by putting
seldom-used types in
>a module that is downloaded only when needed.
>Note If you are creating applications that will be
downloaded using the
><object> tag with Microsoft Internet Explorer, it is
important that you
>create multifile assemblies. In this scenario, you create
a file separate
>from your code modules that contains only the assembly
manifest. Internet
>Explorer downloads the assembly manifest first, and then
creates worker
>threads to download any additional modules or assemblies
required. While
>the file containing the assembly manifest is being
downloaded, Internet
>Explorer will be unresponsive to user input. The smaller
the file
>containing the assembly manifest, the less time Internet
Explorer will be
>unresponsive.
>
> To combine code modules written by several developers.
Although each
>developer can compile each code module into an assembly,
this can force
>some types to be exposed publicly that are not exposed if
all modules are
>put into a multifile assembly.
>
>For more information related to multifile assembly, you
may refer to the
>document in MSDN,
><Building a Multifile Assembly>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/library/en-us/cpguide/htm
>l/cpconBuildingMulti-FileAssembly.asp
>
>Thanks!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Ying-Shen Yu [MSFT]
>Microsoft community Support
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