Lock a .dll

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18 Dec 2006 2:51 PM

Samuel Shulman

I want to restrict the use of a .dll file to a specific project

Can that be done and how?

Thank you,
Samuel

18 Dec 2006 4:15 PM

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"Samuel Shulman" <samuel.shul***@ntlworld.com> wrote in
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> I want to restrict the use of a .dll file to a specific project
>
> Can that be done and how?

You can implement Microsoft's license provider.

Or a simplier method could be to check the Calling Assembly's name via the
System.Reflection.Assembly?