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Asked: 2026-05-15T15:06:12+00:00

I’m working with WPF and often have the need to get the namespace and

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I’m working with WPF and often have the need to get the namespace and assembly name of a given class. But I don’t know how to do this.

So, how can we get the names when browsing the classes in the Solution Explorer or/and when editing the class’s codes? Please help!

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could use the Visual Studio Immediate Window as a quick way to obtain the assembly qualified name for one of the solution projects.

    IIRC, these steps should work:

    1. Open the file of a class contained in the project for which you want to obtain assembly name;
    2. Set that project as the startup project for the solution;
    3. Open the Immediate Window, default C# environment shortcut is CTRL+D+I;
    4. In the Immediate Window type typeof(ClassNameOfStep1).AssemblyQualifiedName and press Enter.

    The Immediate Window depends on Design-Time Expression Evaluation
    which in turns depends of Visual Studio Hosting Process so you need to have it enabled, which by default already is.

    Also, I did some quick tests and the Name of the class was sufficient in all cases except when I tried it on VS 2008, which required me to provide the FullName of the type. So if Name results in error use the Name qualified with the namespace.

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