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Note

Needless to say by this point in the book, when you wish to view an assembly’s CIL code, type metadata,

or manifest,

ildasm.exe

or 

reflector.exe

are the tools of choice. I will assume you will make extensive use of

these tools as you work through the code examples in this chapter.

Optional Assembly Resources

Finally, a .NET assembly may contain any number of embedded resources such as application

icons, image files, sound clips, or string tables. In fact, the .NET platform supports satellite assem-

blies that contain nothing but localized resources. This can be useful if you wish to partition your

resources based on a specific culture (English, German, etc.) for the purposes of building interna-

tional software. The topic of building satellite assemblies is outside the scope of this text; however,

you will learn how to embed application resources into an assembly during our examination of

Windows Presentation Foundation.