D

data directory table

Export table, 160

Import table, 160

Relocation table, 160

Resource table, 160

Thread Local Storage table, 160

data integrity

asymmetric encryption, 505

digital signatures, 508

goals of cryptography, 497

hashing, 507

data types, IL, 24

array type, 27

compared to CLS types, 24

pointer types, 28

problems with describing, 24

signed data types, 27

table of data types, 25

typedref type, 27

unsigned data types, 27

using IL data types on evaluation stack, 29

DateTlme structure, 251

measuring performance, 251

DbgClr.exe

debugging IL, 54

deadlocks

avoiding deadlocks, 362

thread synchronization, 362

debug builds

release builds, profiling for compared to, 275

DebuggableAttribute class

example of using, 251

IsJITOptimizerDisabled property, 249

IsTrackingEnabled property, 249

JIT programmatic control, 249

syntax for using, 249

System.Diagnostics, 249

using in command line, 249

using with Visual Studio .NET, 250

debugging

cordbg command-line tool, 254

IL debugging, 52

compile-time IL errors, 56

CorDbg.exe, 54

DbgClr.exe, 54

IL from high-level languages, 54

peverify.exe, 60

Visual Studio.NET, 52

viewing JIT generated native code, 254

declarative security, 473

CAS, 473

CLR, 473

imperative security, compared to, 473

SecurityAttribute class, 478

working, 478

Decrement() method

Interlocked class, 377

decryption program example using DES, 502

default constructor

IL reference types, 76

IL value types, 71

problems with, 75

DefaultValueAttribute attribute, 201

DefineGlobalMethod() method

ModuleBuilder class, 317

delay-signing an assembly, 509

digital signatures, 509

private key, 513

public key, 510

verification skipping, 512

Delegate class, 346

delegates

AsyncCallback delegate, 346

asynchronous delegate invocation, 352

Beginlnvoke() method, 346

compared to thread synchronization, 431

Endlnvoke() method, 346

IL delegates, 103

using delegates, 104

MulticastDelegate class, 103

programming abort dialog, 431

synchronous delegate invocation, 351

ThreadStart delegate, 341

WaitCallback delegate, 341

WaitOrTimerCallback delegate, 372

delete

compared to Dispose() method, 210

developer-controlled memory management, 207

DeleteObject() function

GDI, 450

Demand() method

CodeAccessPermission class, 478

FilelOPermission class, 461

IStackWalk interface, 477

Deny() method

CodeAccessPermission class, 471

DES

example of using, 499

decryption program, 502

encryption program, 500

symmetric encryption, 499

DES class

System.Security.Cryptography, 499

DESCryptoServiceProvider class

CreateDecryptor() method, 504

CreateEncryptor() method, 501

IV property, 502

Key property, 502

KeySize property, 502

System.Security.Cryptography, 499

destination

native code operands, 256

deterministic finalization

garbage collector does not support, 210

lack of support not important in practice, 207

not supported in .NET, 206

developer-controlled memory management

advantages, 207

C++, 242

compared to garbage collector, 242

delete, 207

disadvantages, 208

IDisposable interface, 206

Digital Encryption Standard, see DES.

digital signatures, 508

Authenticode, 513

certificates, 513

verifying digital signatures, 514

cryptography, 508

data integrity, 508

delay-signing an assembly, 509

signing of assemblies, 190

sn.exe, 186

Disassembly window

debugging IL, 53

DispatchMessage() API call

message loop, 419

Dispose() method

compared to Close() method, 221

compared to delete, 210

compared to finalizers, 221

handling unmanaged resources, 223

classes with managed and unmanaged resources, 226

IDisposable interface, 227

implementing, 227

lock statement, 223

memory management, problems due to lack in, 281

reasons for using, 221

semantics, 221

distinguished attributes, 101

DllImportAttribute class, 142

compared to pinvokeimpl keyword, 91

pseudo-custom attributes, 102

unmanaged metadata API, 102

document object model, see CodeDom.

DOM, see CodeDom.

DrawItem event

ListBox class, 446

owner-draw controls, 443

DrawItem EventArgs class

BackColor property, 446

owner-draw controls, 443

State property, 446

System.Windows.Forms, 443

DrawMode enumeration

Normal value, 444

owner-draw controls, 443

OwnerDrawFixed value, 444

OwnerDrawVariable value, 444

System.Windows.Forms, 443

DrawMode property

ComboBox class, 443

ListBox class, 443

DumpBin.exe

/CLR option, 174

ildasm.exe, compared to, 174

PE files, examining contents of, 174

dynamic code generation

additional functionality, 309

applications illustrating highest performance, use in, 311

converting source code to IL

CodeDomProvider.CreateCompiler() method, using, 325

developer tools available, 310

DOM, 312

language conversion, importance in, 310

methodologies employed

reflection, using, 312

System.CodeDom class, using, 312

modifying assemblies, importance in, 310

optimising IL code, 310

reasons to use, 310

reflection, using in dynamic assemblies, 321

Reflection.Emit and CodeDom classes, alternatives to using, 313

templates, importance in, 310

UML-based coding, importance in, 310

use in .NET Framework, 309