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Hi internal is just visible in files in same assembly unit (usually same project/solution).<br />
Protected is visible in all derived classes (so classes that inherit after the class where you have defined protected members. )<br />
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so if you build a library &nbsp;a put class A there using internal members and then try to derive class A in different project it will not work, however if you use them as a protected ones they will be visible in class derived from A.<br />
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Hope this helps
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Hi internal is just visible in files in same assembly unit (usually same project/solution).
Protected is visible in all derived classes (so classes that inherit after the class where you have defined protected members. )

so if you build a library  a put class A there using internal members and then try to derive class A in different project it will not work, however if you use them as a protected ones they will be visible in class derived from A.

Hope this helps

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when you say assembly you mean the same dll right? I want to make sure I dont confuse assembly with classes...because aren't there some that only are available in class...as opposed to the entire dll?<br />
I get lost in terminology....just want to have it simplified...like...dervie<wbr />d? <br />
could you clarify a bit more?<br />
also...isnt there another one protectedinternal?<br />
how does that differ?
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when you say assembly you mean the same dll right? I want to make sure I dont confuse assembly with classes...because aren't there some that only are available in class...as opposed to the entire dll?
I get lost in terminology....just want to have it simplified...like...dervied?
could you clarify a bit more?
also...isnt there another one protectedinternal?
how does that differ?

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i need to understand that difference between the two, to me the definitions I read, make them sound the same...I need to understand this better...<br />
I know there are other...private and stuff...but I dont quite understand the difference between protected and internal.....some non technial explanations please.
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i need to understand that difference between the two, to me the definitions I read, make them sound the same...I need to understand this better...
I know there are other...private and stuff...but I dont quite understand the difference between protected and internal.....some non technial explanations please.

difference between internal and protected

C# is an object-oriented programming language created in conjunction with Microsoft’s .NET framework. Compilation is usually done into the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), which is then JIT-compiled to native code (and cached) during execution in the Common Language Runtime (CLR).