String Component in a .Net Framwork.

Question

Hi.......
I am working a project and I want to using a some string component.Explain the importance and use of each component of this string: Foo.Bar, Version=2.0.205.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=593777ae2d274679d  ?

Vulpes · Answer

That's what's known as an 'assembly identity string'.
Foo.Bar is the name of the assembly which can either be an .exe or .dll file.
2.0.205.0 is the assembly version - the numbers are the major, minor, build and revision numbers.
'neutral ' means that the assembly is not sensitive to any particular culture.
593777ae2d274679d is the public key token which is a unique identifier given to a 'strong named' assembly to distinguish it from all other shared assemblies even if they have the same name.