Introduction to the Assembly Manager

Description

The Assembly Manager allows you to import, edit and manage existing .NET assemblies so that you can reuse the types they define in your Eiffel projects. There are two ways of reusing existing .NET types in your Eiffel systems:

• You can import assemblies locally to a project using the .NET Wizard.
• You can import assemblies into the Eiffel Assembly Cache using the Assembly Manager (accessible both from the .NET Wizard and EiffelStudio). The assembly manager will then let you edit the names of the types, the features and the feature arguments defined in the assemblies.

In general it is recommended that you use the Eiffel Assembly Cache to reuse .NET assemblies in Eiffel projects. However, the Assembly Manager requires that the assembly be signed before it can be imported. This means that you will have to use the .NET Wizard to import non-signed assemblies locally.

• The Guided Tour takes you through the different features supported by the Assembly Manager.
• The How To's answer the most commonly asked questions.
• The Reference describes every feature of the Manager in details.