.dll to exe conversion

[jyoti]

Hello friends,

i m working on a project for developing a framework
component for multilingual support in C# .net.
I have a class library project so i want to convert
this dll to a exe so that the deployer can use my component without
exposing coding details.
It would be very helpful if i get step by step
information as i m a beginner .


Regards,
jyoti.

 

[Guest]

You may have a problem here since in Visual Studio .NET you cannot set a
reference to an exe assembly (you can with the commandline compiler).
Otherwise, you coudl just create an exe app project and add all the class
files from your class library to it.
Unfortunately, your post doesn't seem clear enough to specify exactly what
the end goal is.
Peter

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

You may have a problem here since in Visual Studio .NET you cannot set a
reference to an exe assembly (you can with the commandline compiler).

Slight correction to this - you can't in VS.NET 2003, but you can in
VS 2005.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I have a class library project so i want to convert
this dll to a exe so that the deployer can use my component without
exposing coding details.

In what way would making it an exe expose fewer coding details than
keeping it as a class library?