Michael Barnett

ILMerge

Categories:	Builds Compilation
Latest version:	2.8.0202
Description:	Command-line and library utility for merging multiple .NET assemblies into a single .NET assembly. It works on executables and DLLs alike. It comes with several options for controlling the processing and format of the output. ILMerge is a utility that can be used to merge multiple .NET assemblies into a single assembly. ILMerge takes a set of input assemblies and merges them into one target assembly. The first assembly in the list of input assemblies is the primary assembly. When the primary assembly is an executable, then the target assembly is created as an executable with the same entry point as the primary assembly. Also, if the primary assembly has a strong name, and a .snk file is provided, then the target assembly is re-signed with the specified key so that it also has a strong name. ILMerge is packaged as a console application. But all of its functionality is also available programmatically. While Visual Studio does not allow one to add an executable as a reference, the C# compiler does, so you can write a C# client that uses ILMerge as a library.
Added:	2004-01-07
Updated:	2008-02-27
Attributes:	[BuiltForDotNet] [BuilfForDotNet2] [Library] [FreeVersionAvailable]