Combining DLL to create a combined DLL

[Dr_Lomax]

I have created my own DLLs in VB.NET. However, this DLL has a couple of dependent DLLs. Is it possible to combine all the dependednt DLL along with my user control to create only one combined DLL? Thanks

[Christian Graus]

Yep - if you have the code to all the dlls, there's no reason why you can't merge them. If you don't, then I doubt it, at least not simply. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

[Anonymous]

Nope I do have the code to them. I am using some DLL from other SDKs and my own code. I would like to combine those DLLs with mine since it is easier to move around 1 DLL rather than a bunch of them when I want to use my created user control elsewhere. Thanks

[Christian Graus]

In that case, remove all references to external dlls and copy the source files in from the external dlls until you have everything you need. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

[Robert Rohde]

There is a tool from Microsoft Research called IlMerge which probably does what you try to achieve. There is even an article about it here on CodeProject.

[Dr_Lomax]

This looks good. I will play around with it and hopefully get it to work. If I have any problems I will post. Thanks for your help.

[Dr_Lomax]

It works, that is awesome. Thanks for all your help.