mscorlib

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what is mscorlib.dll.? and use of this assembly in .net framework?

Senthilkumar · Answer

Hi Gaurav mscorlib.dll is a module associated with .NET Compact Framework from Microsoft Corporation. Non-system processes like mscorlib.dll originate from software you installed on your system. Since most applications store data in your system's registry it is likely that your registry has suffered fragmentation and accumulated invalid entries which can affect your PC's performance. The mscorlib.dll Dynamic Link Library is a shared assembly which consists of the very important base class libraries of .Net framework. For the user to know the namespaces and classes the file represents the user is advised to search using the ildasm.exe tool. The mscorlib.dll file will be present in the path C:/ WINNT/ Microsoft.NET/ Framework/ (version number)/ mscorlib.dll. This simple application defines a type called App that has a single static public method called Main. Inside Main are a reference System Console and the Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code. The code that implements these programming methods is in the mscorlib.dll file. The module is a software component that is an important part of the Windows operating systems. The mscorlib.dll module augments the .Net framework in managing the execution of the programs written specifically for the framework. The mscorlib.dll file is among the pre-coded solutions that form the framework's Base Class Library. This large range of programming needs figure in areas inclusive of the user interface database access and connectivity cryptography and a lot more. The Base Class Library (BCL) is a standard library housing the mscorlib.dll file. The library is available to all languages using the .NET Framework in order to make the programmer's job easier. The mscorlib.dll program file included in the BCL encapsulates a large number of common functions such as file reading and writing graphic rendering database interaction and XML document manipulation. The BCL is much bigger in scope than standard libraries for most other languages including C++ and would be comparable in range to the standard libraries of Java. The DLL mscorlib.dll is used by programmers who combine it with their own code to produce applications. Applications written for the .NET Framework are executed in the software mscorlib.dll to manage the program's runtime requirements. This runtime environment which is also a part of the .NET Framework is known as the Common Language Runtime (CLR). Being a core dynamic link of the .Net Framework the application mscorlib.dll is basic in Windows operations. Use: Amongst other things it contains the System.Object implementation which must always be present in order for everything to work. It has the distinction of being the only assembly that the CLR requires to be loaded inside every managed process. Originally a lot of optional stuff (things that technically aren't required to run an app) was put into mscorlib because they were things that were highly likely to be used by everybody. This includes things like HashTable and List. This gave a perf boost. If everybody is going to want to use something then it makes since to put it inside the assembly that everybody has to load. Then you don't have to waste time going and binding a whole bunch of different assemblies. The stuff in system.dll was basically everything that wasn't worthy of being included in mscorlib. This trend however is starting to be reversed. The CLR is making efforts to reduce the size of mscorlib. A lot of stuff was removed for Silverlight for example (to reduce download size) Common Path: C:\ WINNT\ Microsoft.NET\ Framework \ (version number)\ mscorlib.dll.

john werneken · Answer

VERY clear and extensive explanation! Thank you!

Gaurav Gupta · Answer

Hi.. Thanx