behind the scenes articles?

[Larry Foulkrod]

I would like to learn what physically happens behind the scenes when I add references to a project and then build an assembly. If the reference were part of the mscorlib would the action taken by the compiler be different than if the reference were an old .dll file? What would that action be, are these files copied into the assembly, etc. I am sure there are plenty of articles written on the subject so if you could send me pointers to those articles I would appreciate it.

Thanks for your help.

[Nadav]

You should download the Framework SDK, then, look at the following directory: "...\FrameworkSDK\Tools Developers Guide\docs\*.*"
You could find there a detailed documentation describing the assembly structure and the issues you have mentioned.
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Nadav
http://www.ddevel.com
"Larry Foulkrod" wrote:

I would like to learn what physically happens behind the scenes when I add references to a project and then build an assembly. If the reference were part of the mscorlib would the action taken by the compiler be different than if the reference were an old .dll file? What would that action be, are these files copied into the assembly, etc. I am sure there are plenty of articles written on the subject so if you could send me pointers to those articles I would appreciate it.

Thanks for your help.

[Sriram Krishnan]

And if you want to get *really* behind the scenes, check out Rotor

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Sriram Krishnan
Microsoft Student Ambassador
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You should download the Framework SDK, then, look at the following directory: "...\FrameworkSDK\Tools Developers Guide\docs\*.*" You could find there a detailed documentation describing the assembly structure and the issues you have mentioned. --
Nadav
http://www.ddevel.com
"Larry Foulkrod" wrote:

I would like to learn what physically happens behind the scenes when I add references to a project and then build an assembly. If the reference
were part of the mscorlib would the action taken by the compiler be
different than if the reference were an old .dll file? What would that
action be, are these files copied into the assembly, etc. I am sure there
are plenty of articles written on the subject so if you could send me
pointers to those articles I would appreciate it.
Thanks for your help.