Download Cache

<p>The Download Cache, or downloaded files cache, is a component of <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>'s <a href="/facts/.NET_Framework/J6QDAUhP">.NET Framework</a> that is similar to the <a href="/facts/Global_Assembly_Cache/6G9GeyuL">Global Assembly Cache</a> except that it caches <a href="/facts/Assembly_(CLI)/F4EGfYsU">assemblies</a> that have been downloaded from the <a href="/facts/Internet/Xw1rVvJU">Internet</a>.
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Assemblies are downloaded from the Internet when a specific <a href="/facts/Managed_code/3jJfe94N">managed</a> <a href="/facts/Object_(computer_science)/eX99dtAw">object</a> is requested using the <object> <a href="/facts/HTML_element/s4TKzjUP">tag</a> in a <a href="/facts/Web_page/5JK7xQLe">web page</a>.  For example, the following <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> will cause <a href="/facts/Internet_Explorer/uL8a4Y5l">Internet Explorer</a> to download MyAssembly.dll to the Download Cache and will subsequently <a href="/facts/Object_lifetime/QgCnhNlf">instantiate</a> MyControl on the page that contains it.
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<object id="myControlId" classid="<a href="http://MyServer/MyVirtualFolder/MyAssembly.dll#MyNamespace.MyControl">http://MyServer/MyVirtualFolder/MyAssembly.dll#MyNamespace.MyControl</a>">
  <param name="MyProperty" value="SomeStringValue" />
</object>

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