public static string GenerateAssemblyFromTypeLib(UCOMITypeLib typLib)
{
// Need a sink for the TypeLibConverter.
ImporterNotiferSink sink = new ImporterNotiferSink();
#region Notes on Strong Name...
/* Don't need a *.snk file if you are not building a primary interop asm.
* Just send in nulls to the ConvertTypeLibToAssembly() method.
* But if you have a valid *.snk file, you can use it as so:
*
* // Object representation of *.snk file.
* FileStream fs = File.Open(@"D:\APress Books\InteropBook\MyTypeLibImporter\bin\Debug\theKey.snk",
* FileMode.Open);
* System.Reflection.StrongNameKeyPair keyPair = new StrongNameKeyPair(fs);
*/
#endregion
// This class will covert COM type info into
// .NET metadata and vice-versa.
TypeLibConverter tlc = new TypeLibConverter();
// Generate name of the assembly.
string typeLibName = Marshal.GetTypeLibName(typLib);
string asmName = "interop." + typeLibName + ".dll";
// Now make the assembly based on COM type information.
AssemblyBuilder asmBuilder = tlc.ConvertTypeLibToAssembly((UCOMITypeLib)typLib,
asmName,
TypeLibImporterFlags.SafeArrayAsSystemArray,
sink,
null, // If you have a strong name: keyPair.PublicKey,
null, // If you have a strong name: keyPair
typeLibName, // Namespace name is same as file name.
null); // null = (typeLibMajor.typeLibMinor.0.0)
// Save the assembly in the app directory!
asmBuilder.Save(asmName);
// return Assembly ref to call.
return(asmName);
}
public static string GenerateAssemblyFromTypeLib(UCOMITypeLib typLib)
{
// Need a sink for the TypeLibConverter.
ImporterNotiferSink sink = new ImporterNotiferSink();
#region Notes on Strong Name...
/* Don't need a *.snk file if you are not building a primary interop asm.
* Just send in nulls to the ConvertTypeLibToAssembly() method.
* But if you have a valid *.snk file, you can use it as so:
*
* // Object representation of *.snk file.
* FileStream fs = File.Open(@"D:\APress Books\InteropBook\MyTypeLibImporter\bin\Debug\theKey.snk",
* FileMode.Open);
* System.Reflection.StrongNameKeyPair keyPair = new StrongNameKeyPair(fs);
*/
#endregion
// This class will covert COM type info into
// .NET metadata and vice-versa.
TypeLibConverter tlc = new TypeLibConverter();
// Generate name of the assembly.
string typeLibName = Marshal.GetTypeLibName(typLib);
string asmName = "interop." + typeLibName + ".dll";
// Now make the assembly based on COM type information.
AssemblyBuilder asmBuilder = tlc.ConvertTypeLibToAssembly((UCOMITypeLib)typLib,
asmName,
TypeLibImporterFlags.SafeArrayAsSystemArray,
sink,
null, // If you have a strong name: keyPair.PublicKey,
null, // If you have a strong name: keyPair
typeLibName, // Namespace name is same as file name.
null); // null = (typeLibMajor.typeLibMinor.0.0)
// Save the assembly in the app directory!
asmBuilder.Save(asmName);
// return Assembly ref to call.
return asmName;
}
