<s>
.NET	B-Application
Reflector	I-Application
is	O
a	O
class	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
decompiler	B-Application
and	O
static	O
analyzer	O
for	O
software	O
created	O
with	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Lutz	B-Application
Roeder	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
Reflector	O
allows	O
decompilation	B-Application
of	O
CLI	O
assemblies	O
into	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.NET	I-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
/CLI	I-Language
and	O
Common	O
Intermediate	O
Language	O
and	O
F#	B-Operating_System
(	O
alpha	O
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
will	O
show	O
the	O
metadata	O
,	O
resources	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
.NET	B-Application
Reflector	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
.NET	B-Application
developers	O
to	O
understand	O
the	O
inner	O
workings	O
of	O
code	O
libraries	O
,	O
to	O
show	O
the	O
differences	O
between	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
assembly	O
,	O
and	O
how	O
the	O
various	O
parts	O
of	O
a	O
CLI	O
application	O
interact	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
.NET	B-Application
Reflector	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
track	O
down	O
performance	O
problems	O
and	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
browse	O
classes	O
,	O
and	O
maintain	O
or	O
help	O
become	O
familiar	O
with	O
code	O
bases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
will	O
pick	O
up	O
the	O
same	O
documentation	O
or	O
comments	O
that	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
xml	B-Protocol
files	O
alongside	O
their	O
associated	O
assemblies	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
drive	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
inside	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
effectively	O
convert	O
source	O
code	O
between	O
C#	B-Application
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
.NET	B-Application
Reflector	I-Application
has	O
been	O
designed	O
to	O
host	O
add-ins	O
to	O
extend	O
its	O
functionality	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
add-ins	O
provide	O
other	O
languages	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
disassembled	O
too	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
PowerShell	B-Application
,	O
Delphi	B-Language
and	O
MC++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
.NET	B-Application
Reflector	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Lutz	B-Application
Roeder	I-Application
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
Red	O
Gate	O
released	O
.NET	B-Application
Reflector	I-Application
6	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
Pro	O
edition	O
that	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
step	O
into	O
decompiled	B-Application
code	O
in	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
debugger	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
their	O
own	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
January	O
2011	O
Red	O
Gate	O
announced	O
that	O
.NET	B-Application
Reflector	I-Application
7	O
would	O
incorporate	O
Jason	O
Haley	O
's	O
PowerCommands	O
add-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
February	O
2011	O
Red	O
Gate	O
announced	O
that	O
.NET	B-Application
Reflector	I-Application
would	O
become	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
product	O
as	O
of	O
version	O
7	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
14	O
March	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
several	O
free	O
alternatives	O
,	O
including	O
dotPeek	O
,	O
CodeReflect	O
and	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
program	O
ILSpy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
on	O
26	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
community	O
feedback	O
Red	O
Gate	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
make	O
.NET	B-Application
Reflector	I-Application
6	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
to	O
existing	O
users	O
(	O
while	O
new	O
users	O
will	O
have	O
to	O
pay	O
for	O
Reflector	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
