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CHAPTER 5 MEMORY MANAGEMENT, MEMORY-MAPPED FILES, AND DLLS

applications can then determine their version requirements and access files

with distinct names. This solution is commonly used with UNIX applications.

•Microsoft introduced the concept of side-by-side DLLs or assemblies and

components. This solution requires adding a manifest, written i

n XML, to the

application so as to define the DLL requirements. This topic is beyond the

book’s scope, but additional information can be found on the Microsoft

developer Web site.

• The .NET Framework provides additional support for side-by-sid e execution.

The first approach, including the version number ...