.NET Reflector 5.0Lutz Roeder

December 2006

Overview• C# 3.0: LINQ query expressions, Lambda expressions• Code URL: code://mscorlib/System.Object• Assembly Browser: Multiple windows• Disassembler: Expand Methods• Analyzer: Exposed By, Instantiated By, Assigned By• Search: String and Constant search• New Options dialog• Improved Shell integration

C# 3.0 support

• Extension methods• Object initializers• LINQ query expressions• Collection initializers• Lambda expressions

C# 3.0 and 2.0 support• Enable via View, Options, Optimization: .NET 3.5

• C# 2.0: Anonymous methods and nullable types

Code URL support• Navigate to code://mscorlib/System.Object via IE

• Ctrl+Alt+C to copy the URL for current item

• Add to HTML pages using <a href=“code://…”>

Assembly Browser• Multiple Windows: Analyzer and Disassembler

windows can be open at the same time

• Update assembly location if loading the same assembly twice from different locations

• Back and Forward mouse buttons and shortcut keys work from all windows

Disassembler• Expand Methods and Expand Types feature

• Context-sensitive documentation view• Click on declaration jumps to item in the browser• Tab to cycle through links, Up/Down to scroll• Context-based automatic variable naming

Analyzer• Add and analyze multiple items (DEL to remove)• Find overrides of virtual methods• “Exposed By” and “Instantiated By” search• “Assigned By” search for fields

Search• String or Constant search

• Exact matching of multiple words

Assembly Lists• Default lists for:

.NET Framework 3.5 .NET Framework 3.0 .NET Compact Framework 3.5 .NET Compact Framework 2.0 XNA Framework 1.0 DirectX for Managed Code Mono

Resource Viewer• Save byte arrays in .resources file to disk• Double-click opens using shell file extension

Options Dialog• Use hex or decimal number format• Indentation setting for text output• Switch between public only and all items• Automatically resolve assembly references• Optimization setting (show raw code)

Windows Shell integration• Run Reflector.exe /register to register file extensions• Right-click and “Browse…”• Improved 120 DPI support • Windows Vista support

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