What is Manifest

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What is Manifest?

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Assembly metadata is stored in Manifest. Manifest contains all the metadata needed to do the following things (See Figure Manifest View for more details):

  • Version of assembly
  • Security identity
  • Scope of the assembly
  • Resolve references to resources and classes.
  • The assembly manifest can be stored in either a PE file (an .exe or .dll) with Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code or in a stand-alone PE file that contains only assembly manifest information.

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