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Define Global Assembly Cache.Global Assembly Cache is the place holder for shared assembly. If an assembly is installed to the Global Assembly Cache, the assembly can be accessed by multiple applications. In order to install an assembly to the GAC, the assembly must have to be signed with strong name.How do you install assembly to the Global Assembly Cache?Followings are the steps to install assembly to the GAC.
- Sign assembly with a strong name using strong name utility, sn.exe.
- Open the AssemblyInfo file for your project.
- Use the AssemblyKeyFileAttribute to specify the path to the key file for your project.
- Build your assembly. Install the assembly to GAC by using gacutil utility e.g. gacutil -i abc.dll
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