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ILMerge

Brief Description
ILMerge is a utility for merging multiple .NET assemblies into a single .NET assembly. It works on executables and DLLs alike and comes with several options for controlling the processing and format of the output. See the accompanying documentation for details.

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Quick Details
File Name:ILMerge.msi
Version:2.9.1118
Date Published:11/19/2009
Language:English
Download Size:661 KB
Estimated Download Time: 2 min 56K

Overview

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.

There are several options that control the behavior of ILMerge. See the documentation that comes with the tool for details.

ILMerge runs in the v2.0 .NET Runtime, but it is also able to merge v1 or v1.1 assemblies. However it can merge PDB files only for v2 assemblies.

Currently, ILMerge works only on Windows-based platforms. It does not yet support Rotor or Mono.

If you have any problems using ILMerge please contact mbarnett _at_ microsoft _dot_ com. More details are available at the ILMerge web site.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 7; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP
Important: Make sure you have the latest service pack and critical updates for the version of Windows that you are running. To find recent security updates, visit Windows Update.



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Instructions

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  2. Do one of the following:
    • To start the installation immediately, click Run.
    • To save the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save.
    • To cancel the installation, click Cancel.



To uninstall:
  1. Make sure the application is not running.
  2. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel (in Windows XP, click Start and then click Control Panel).
  3. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Select the application to uninstall.
  5. Click Add or Remove (in Windows XP and Windows 2000, click Change or Remove Programs).

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