Make internal classes visible to other assemblies

Question

Is it possible to make internal classes from my assembly visible to other assemblies?

I know about the AssemblyInfo file and the [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo()] attribute, but it doesn't work in my case.

The main purpose is to make it possible to call methods from LINQPAD, so this [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("LINQPad")] doesn't work. I don't know why. In my project, I'm using dependency resolver, and it is hard to do such a thing in LINQPAD. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I've just uploaded a new beta that allows this to work.

Add the following attribute to the libraries whose internals you want LINQPad to access:

[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("LINQPadQuery")] 

You'll also need to enable this feature in LINQPad's preferences (Edit | Preferences | Advanced).

Let me know how you get along.

Answer 2

You can also go to the project properties into AssemblyInfo.cs file and set it there.

For example:

using System.Reflection; using System.Runtime.CompilerServices; using System.Runtime.InteropServices;  // General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following  // set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information // associated with an assembly. [assembly: AssemblyTitle("*****)] [assembly: AssemblyDescription("")] [assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")] [assembly: AssemblyCompany("*****")] [assembly: AssemblyProduct("*****")] [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("")] [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")] [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")] [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("[HERE IS YOUR ASSEMBLY WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE INTERNALS OF CURRENT ASSEMBLY")]  // Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible  // to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from  // COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type. [assembly: ComVisible(false)]  // The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM [assembly: Guid("6fbd2c14-031d-48cc-9cc6-f1b85d701e89")]  // Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values: // //      Major Version //      Minor Version  //      Build Number //      Revision // // You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers  // by using the '*' as shown below: // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")] [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")] [assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]