The AssemblyDescriptionAttribute sets the Comment item.

  

Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Reflection.Emit

Module Example
   Sub Main()
      Dim assemName As New AssemblyName()
      assemName.Name = "EmittedAssembly"

      Dim myAssembly As AssemblyBuilder = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(assemName,AssemblyBuilderAccess.Save)

      Dim attributeType As Type = GetType(AssemblyFileVersionAttribute)

      Dim ctorParameters() As Type = { GetType(String) }

      Dim ctor As ConstructorInfo = attributeType.GetConstructor(ctorParameters)

      Dim ctorArgs() As Object = { "2.0.3033.0" }
      Dim attribute As New CustomAttributeBuilder(ctor, ctorArgs)

      myAssembly.SetCustomAttribute(attribute)

      attributeType = GetType(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute)
      ctor = attributeType.GetConstructor(ctorParameters)
      attribute = New CustomAttributeBuilder(ctor, _
         New Object() { "This is a comment." })
      myAssembly.SetCustomAttribute(attribute)


      myAssembly.DefineVersionInfoResource()
      myAssembly.Save(assemName.Name & ".exe")

   End Sub 
End Module

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