Combine DLLs into one

[dzt]

Hi,

Yes, you can combine various b4ppc libraries (official or not) into one.
How? Read below.

Download from here MSDN Code Gallery illink.zip and extract it to a folder, lets say c:\illink

Download also .NET 1.1 or NET 2.0 (for ilasm.exe) and .NET 1.1 SDK or NET 2.0 SDK (for ildasm.exe) from Microsoft. Install them.

Add to your path the folder of ilasm.exe and the folder of ildasm.exe.

Now you are ready!

Lets say, you have three DLLs. dll1.dll, dll2.dll and dll3.dll and you want to combine them all to MyDLL.DLL. Run the following from the command prompt.

c:\illink\illink.exe dll1.dll dll2.dll dll3.dll /out=MyDLL.DLL

MyDLL.DLL now includes all the functionality of the three DLLs.

Edit:
illink.zip attached because GotDotNet site has been shut down.

[Erel]

Great tip
Notice that it will not work with the SQL library (because it contains native code).

[agraham]

Excellent find dzt! Thank you.

[alfcen]

Hi Dimitris,
I am speechless... always wanted to minimize the number of files underneath my application directories.
Thanks so much for sharing this valuable information.
Cheers
Robert

[alfcen]

Hi Dimitris
illink.exe claims it can't find msvcr70d.dll.
Before I download hundreds of megabytes of SDK's I thought it was a better idea to ask
No hurry
Cheers
Robert

[Erel]

ilasm.exe - IL Assembler is part of .Net Framework
ildasm.exe - IL Disassembler is part of .Net Framework SDK.
You must install the SDK first: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

[alfcen]

Thank you, Erel,
I downloaded .NET 1.1 SDK. I will now try with the
.NET Framework 2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) (x86)

[DeeCee]

ILMerge seems to work also.

http://research.microsoft.com/~mbarnett/ILMerge.aspx

[alfcen]

Hi Louis,
Thanks a lot for your utility!
I have reworked the GUI and added some functions to catch up errors.
Still, it won't work without that msvcr70d.dll.

[alfcen]

Hi Erel,
Downloading the SDK 2.0 did not bring the msvcr70d.dll with it.
I have both frameworks, 1.1 and 2.0 installed on the desktop.
According to Microsoft, this library may not be redistributed.
Resonable to assume that it is part of a commercial package.
Question remaining, which package?