Can I include dll in exe (in Visual Studio)? [duplicate]

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.NET windows application, can it be compressed into a single .exe?

To run my App I need AxInterop.WMPLib.dll and Interop.WMPLib.dll that are located in Debug and Release folder. Is there any way to include those dlls into exe so my app is available in one file only?

Answer 1

As long as your DLLs are .NET assemblies, then ILMerge should be able to combine your exe and all of its dependencies into a single file.

Answer 2

You can use a tool like boxedapp or thinstall...

Answer 3

I also recommend boxedapp. It's great app!

Answer 4

Include them as embedded. You can then extract them at run-time.

Answer 5

Yes, I left out the code to write the file out...

FileStream so=new FileStream("c:\\\wherever\\\x.dll",FileMode.Create);

so.Write(buf,0,ssize);

so.Close();

No extra utilities required.

Answer 6

For example, add x.dll to the project and set its Build Action to Embedded Resource.

To extract:

 string AppPath=Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
 Assembly ThisAssembly=Assembly.LoadFrom(AppPath);
 System.IO.Stream fs=ThisAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream("yourproectname.x.dll");
 int ssize=(int)fs.Length;
 byte [] buf=new byte[ssize];
 fs.Read(buf,0,ssize);
 fs.Close();