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registering .NET assemblies

Visual Studio produces an XML file and a PDB file when I produce a DLL.

  • What are these files used for?
  • Do they have to be copied to the System32 folder (assuming that the DLL is stored in the System32 folder) when registering the DLL?

I am using REGASM for COM interoperability.

Solution

  • The xml file contains the xml style comments that decorate the code.

    for example:

    ///<summary>
///This method adds two integers
///</summary>
public int Add(int a, int b)
{
    return a + b;
}

    The pdb file is a program database contains the symbols needed to debug the code.

    Neither are required for running the program normally.