Chapter 7. Modifying Interop Assemblies
In This Chapter
• How to Change an Assembly’s Contents
• IL Assembler Syntax
• Changing Data Types
• Exposing Success HRESULTs
• Arrays
• Custom Attributes
• Adding Methods to Modules
We’ve seen in previous chapters that an Interop Assembly produced by the type library importer might not always be appropriate for the COM component you wish to use. This chapter describes a relatively easy way to modify the metadata inside an Interop Assembly to suit your needs. You’ll see examples of the types of changes that can be made, and the types of changes that typically need to be made. Such changes are desirable or even necessary for a variety of reasons, which fall into three main categories:
• Limitations ...
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