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----------------------------------------------------------- From: Manoj Message 9 in Discussion Thanks Gaurav! For apparently clearing the eclipse on my understanding of "Portable executables". Apologies for this inherent ignorance :) Anyways, Here's what I found from a couple of articles: "To the operating system, .NET executables are just plain old Win32 executable files. However, the .NET runtime recognizes data within these executable files as the metadata and intermediate language that are so central to NET." http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/02/PE/default.aspx "To run a .NET program, Microsoft has taken the extra step to incorporate a .NET assembly into a standard Windows PE file" http://www.informit.com/isapi/product_id~%7BE5B68484-9E25-4715-B238-7C02F2C941C9%7D/element_id~%7B80007B9D-D989-4E73-8CC5-7B3C9DCD156A%7D/st~%7BD06674E4-4033-4F5E-85D4-5D32A6FD7B71%7D/content/articlex.asp So, essentially it is the structure/layout/format of the executable which makes an WinNT executable or a .NET executable to share the same bracket of a "Portable Executable". Thanks, Manoj ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/bdotnet/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
