This is an area where PowerShell shines. If you don’t already have it, install it. It’s preinstalled with Windows 7. Running this command line: [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom(“C:\full\path\to\YourDllName.dll”).GetName().Version outputs this: Major Minor Build Revision —– —– —– ——– 3 0 8 0 Note that LoadFrom returns an assembly object, so you can do pretty much anything you like. … Read more
When a DLL is registered, the DllRegisterServer method entry point in your DLL is invoked. Similarly, DllUnregisterServer is invoked when a DLL is unregistered. As described in this MSDN article: Instructs an in-process server to create its registry entries for all classes supported in this server module. If this function fails, the state of the … Read more
You’re going to need Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express (or any other source of MSVC command line tools), and your DLL. Steps: dumpbin /EXPORTS yourfile.dll > yourfile.exports Paste the names of the needed functions from yourfile.exports into a new yourfile.def file. Add a line with the word EXPORTS at the top of this file. Run … Read more
__declspec( dllexport ) – The class or function so tagged will be exported from the DLL it is built in. If you’re building a DLL and you want an API, you’ll need to use this or a separate .DEF file that defines the exports (MSDN). This is handy because it keeps the definition in one … Read more
http://www.digitallycreated.net/Blog/61/combining-multiple-assemblies-into-a-single-exe-for-a-wpf-application This worked like a charm for me 🙂 and its completely free. Adding code in case the blog ever disappears. 1) Add this to your .csproj file: <Target Name=”AfterResolveReferences”> <ItemGroup> <EmbeddedResource Include=”@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths)” Condition=”‘%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Extension)’ == ‘.dll'”> <LogicalName>%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.DestinationSubDirectory)%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Filename)%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Extension)</LogicalName> </EmbeddedResource> </ItemGroup> </Target> 2) Make your Main Program.cs look like this: [STAThreadAttribute] public static void Main() { AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve … Read more
.h: header file, its a source file containing declarations (as opposed to .cpp, .cxx, etc. containing implementations), .lib: static library may contain code or just links to a dynamic library. Either way it’s compiled code that you link with your program. The static library is included in your .exe at link time. .dll: dynamic library. … Read more
Use the lib command. If it’s static, lib will show you a pile of .obj files inside. Not so if it’s an implib. lib /list foo.lib will do it. Also see: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/managing-a-library
Directly from this SO post: Your comment to Hans answer indicates this is a COM assembly and that you are using Visual Studio 2010. This means the assembly reference was likely added with the “Embed Interop Types” setting set to true. This has the effect of linking the COM assembly into your binary removing the … Read more
If you have MS Visual Studio, there is a command line tool called DUMPBIN. dumpbin /exports <nameofdll>
Because they are libraries. Why invent a whole new vendor-specific extension for what is exactly the same thing as their already-vendor-specific libraries?