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You are preparing for the deployment of an ASP.NET MVC application. You need to generate a deployment manifest.
Which command-line tool should you use?
A. Mage.exe
B. Ngen.exe
C. ALexe
D. Resgen.exe
Correct Answer: A
Explanation/Reference:
The Manifest Generation and Editing Tool (Mage.exe) is a command-line tool that supports the creation and editing of application and deployment manifests.
Incorrect:
Not B: The Native Image Generator (Ngen.exe) is a tool that improves the performance of managed applications. Ngen.exe creates native images
Not C: Al.exe generates a file with an assembly manifest, not an deployment manifest, from one or more files that are either resource files or Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) files.
Not D: Resgen.exe, the Resource File Generator, converts text (.txt or .restext) files and XML-based resource format (.resx) files to common language runtime binary (.resources) files that can be embedded in a runtime binary executable or compiled into satellite assemblies.
References: http://www.devcurry.com/2011/02/important-net-framework-40-command-line.html
