A .NET assembly is a compiled representation of one or more classes. Each assembly is self-contained, that is, the assembly includes the metadata about the assembly as a whole.
Assemblies can be private or shared. Private assemblies, which are used by a limited number of applications, are placed in the application folder or one of its subfolders. Even if the client has two different applications that call a private assembly named formulas, each client application loads the correct assembly.
Shared assemblies, which are available to multiple client applications, are placed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). Each shared assembly is assigned a strong name to handle name and version conflicts.
The assembly name for the .NET data provider is DDTek.OpenAccess.dll. The assembly, which is placed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) during installation, is strongly named.
