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<h1>assemblyname::get-assembly-name</h1>
<p> Gets the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemReflectionAssemblyNameClassTopic.asp">AssemblyName</a> for a given file. </p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
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<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemReflectionAssemblyNameClassTopic.asp">AssemblyName</a> assemblyname::get-assembly-name(<span class="parameter">assemblyFile</span>)
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<td>assemblyFile</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>The assembly file for which to get the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemReflectionAssemblyNameClassTopic.asp">AssemblyName</a>.</td>
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<h3>Return Value</h3> An <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemReflectionAssemblyNameClassTopic.asp">AssemblyName</a> object representing the given file. <h3>Exceptions</h3>
The function will fail in any of the following circumstances:
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><ul><li><i>assemblyFile</i> is an empty <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemStringClassTopic.asp">String</a>.</li><li><i>assemblyFile</i> does not exist.</li><li><i>assemblyFile</i> is not a valid assembly.</li></ul></div><h3>Remarks</h3> The assembly is not added to this domain. <h3>Examples</h3><ul class="examples"><li><p> Output the full name of the <code>nunit.framework</code> assembly to the build log. </p><pre class="code">
<echo message="${assemblyname::get-full-name(assemblyname::get-assembly-name('nunit.framework.dll'))}" />
</pre></li></ul><h3>Requirements</h3><div style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Assembly:</b> NAnt.Core (0.91.4312.0)
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