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Reflecting on Shared Assemblies

The Assembly.Load() method has been overloaded a number of times. One variation allows you to

specify a culture value (for localized assemblies) as well as a version number and public key token

value (for shared assemblies). Collectively speaking, the set of items identifying an assembly is

termed the 

display name. The format of a display name is a comma-delimited string of name/value

pairs that begins with the friendly name of the assembly, followed by optional qualifiers (that may

appear in any order). Here is the template to follow (optional items appear in parentheses):