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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.
There are several options that control the behavior of ILMerge. See the documentation
that comes with the tool for details.
If you have any problems using ILMerge please contact mbarnett _at_ microsoft _dot_
com
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