D.1 Assembly Generation Utility (al.exe)

al.exe is generally used to generate assemblies with manifests. Table D-1 shows some of the common uses of the Assembly Generation Utility.

Table D-1. Assembly Generation Utility common uses

Option	Description
/flags:flags	Specifies a value for the Flags field in the assembly. 0x0000: side-by-side compatible 0x0010: cannot execute with other versions in the same application domain. 0x0020: cannot execute with other versions in the same process 0x0030: cannot execute with other versions on the same computer
/help or /?	Use to get help for this command.
/keyfile:keyfilename or /keyf:keyfilename	Use to create shared components. keyfilename contains a key pair generated with the Shared Name Utility (sn.exe). The compiler inserts the public key into the assembly manifest and then signs the assembly with the private key.
/keyname:keycontainer or /keyn:keycontainer	Use to create shared components. keycontainer contains a key pair generated and installed into a key container with the Shared Name Utility (sn.exe). The compiler inserts the public key into the assembly manifest and then signs the assembly with the private key.
/main:entrymethod	Specifies the entry-point method name when converting a module to an executable.
/out:filename	Specifies the output filename.
/target:lib|exe|win or /t:lib|exe|win	Specifies the file format of the output file (lib for library, exe for console executable, and win for win32 executable). The default setting is lib.
/version:major.minor.revision.build	Specifies version information for the assembly. The default value is 0.