Has the Internal Structure of DLLs Changed in Recent Years?

[Greg]

It seems that, in general, project References really only require the DLL
path. In recent versions of Visual Studio (e.g. 2003/2005) that support .NET,
has the internal format/structure of DLLs changed to support assembly
information etc.? Od are DLLs the same as they always have been for years? It
just seems that a lot of information is gleaned from only the DLLs as project
references etc.

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[Mattias Sjögren]

Od are DLLs the same as they always have been for years? It
just seems that a lot of information is gleaned from only the DLLs as project
references etc.

Yes a managed module is significantly different from an unmanaged DLL,
even though they are based on the same PE format. Managed modules
contain metadata to be self describing.
Mattias

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[Greg]

Good to know - thank you!
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"Mattias Sjögren" wrote:

Od are DLLs the same as they always have been for years? It
just seems that a lot of information is gleaned from only the DLLs as project
references etc.

Yes a managed module is significantly different from an unmanaged DLL,
even though they are based on the same PE format. Managed modules
contain metadata to be self describing.
Mattias

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