using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text;

using System.GAC;

//// Artinsoft

//// Author: Mauricio Rojas orellabac@gmail.com mrojas@artinsoft.com

//// This program uses the undocumented GAC API to perform a simple install of an assembly in the GAC

namespace AddAssemblyToGAC

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            // Create an FUSION_INSTALL_REFERENCE struct and fill it with data

            FUSION_INSTALL_REFERENCE[] installReference = new FUSION_INSTALL_REFERENCE[1];

            installReference[0].dwFlags = 0;

            // Using opaque scheme here

            installReference[0].guidScheme = System.GAC.AssemblyCache.FUSION_REFCOUNT_OPAQUE_STRING_GUID;

            installReference[0].szIdentifier = "My Pretty Aplication Identifier";

            installReference[0].szNonCannonicalData= "My other info";

            // Get an IAssemblyCache interface

            IAssemblyCache pCache = AssemblyCache.CreateAssemblyCache();

            String AssemblyFilePath = args[0];

            if (!System.IO.File.Exists(AssemblyFilePath))

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Hey! Please use a valid path to an assembly, assembly was not found!");

            }

            int result = pCache.InstallAssembly(0, AssemblyFilePath,installReference);

            Console.WriteLine("Process returned " + result);

            Console.WriteLine("Done!");

        }

    }

}