Using tlbimp.exe without .NET framework

[AA]

Hi,
I would like to use the type library import exe tlbimp.exe without
actually having the .NET framework setup on the machine. Is there any
way, like installing some minimal dlls, so that I can use tlbimp?
Currently, when I run the tlbimp.exe, I get an error saying " To run
this application, you must install one of the following versions on the
..NET Framework: v2.0.50727".

Can anyone suggest something?

Regards,
AA

 

[NickP]

If it's a .NET EXE, which it sounds like it is. You might be able to use
the assembly linking functions of one of the well known obfuscators in order
to turn it into a Win32 EXE. And also make it massive in filesize.

Just an idea.

Nick.

 

[Phill W.]

I would like to use the type library import exe tlbimp.exe without
actually having the .NET framework setup on the machine.

Why?
The Framework may be massive, but it's free.

Also, tlbimp creates an Interop Assembly with which you can access an
existing Type Library from a .Net Application and to compile and/or run
that/, .Net Application, you're going to need the Framework.

Is there any way, like installing some minimal dlls, so that I can
use tlbimp?

Possibly, but with an awful lot of mucking about, which would, almost
certainly, involve downloading the entire Framework and copying across
the relevant "bits" of it ... is it worth the effort?

Currently, when I run the tlbimp.exe, I get an error saying " To run
this application, you must install one of the following versions on the
.NET Framework: v2.0.50727".

It's a .Net application; it needs the Framework to run.

Regards,
Phill W.