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Getting the PublicKeyToken using C#

I need to find the PublicKeyToken of an assembly called Application.Dynamics

Here is my method for getting the public key token.
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private static string GetPublicKeyTokenFromAssembly(Assembly assembly)
{
var bytes = assembly.GetName().GetPublicKeyToken();
if (bytes == null || bytes.Length == 0)
return "None";

var publicKeyToken = string.Empty;
for (int i = 0; i < bytes.GetLength(0); i++)
publicKeyToken += string.Format("{0:x2}", bytes[i]);
return publicKeyToken;
}

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The question is how to I assign this value to a string?
string TokenString = GetPublicKeyTokenFromAssembly("Application.Dynamics");

This does not work. I get a message about not being able to convert a string to an assembly reference.
How do structure so I can see the value of the Public Key Token of this assembly?

Alfredo Luis Torres Serrano

Use the following command,

sn –T myDLL.dll

This will give you the public key token. Remember one thing this only works if the assembly has to be strongly signed.

Example
C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5>sn -T EdmGen.exe

Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Strong Name Utility Version 3.5.21022.8

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Public key token is b77a5c561934e089

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Thanks