using ILMerge with .NET 4 libraries

Question

Two problems:

1) Basic .NET Assembly Not Included in ILMerged Assembly

I\'m having trouble using ILMerge in my post-build after upgrading fr

Answer 1

Here is the "Post Build String" for Visual Studio 2010 SP1, using .NET 4.0. I am building a console .exe with all of the sub-.dll files included in it.

"$(SolutionDir)ILMerge\ILMerge.exe" /out:"$(SolutionDir)\deploy\$(TargetFileName)" "$(TargetDir)$(TargetFileName)" "$(TargetDir)*.dll" /target:exe /targetplatform:v4,C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319 /wildcards

Basic hints:

• Notice the "\deploy\" directory: this is where the output .exe file ends up.
• Notice the "ILMerge\" directory. I copied the ILMerge utility into my solution directory (so I could distribute the source without having to worry about documenting the install of ILMerge).

Advanced hints:

If you have problems with it not working, add an "echo" before the "Post Build" command. Then, open the "Output" window in Visual Studio (View..Output), and check the exact command that Visual Studio actually generated. In my particular case, the exact command was:

"T:\PhiEngine\CSharp\ILMerge\ILMerge.exe" /out:"T:\PhiEngine\CSharp\Server Side\deploy\NfServiceDataHod.History.exe" "T:\PhiEngine\CSharp\Server Side\NfServiceDataHod\bin\Debug\NfServiceDataHod.History.exe" "T:\PhiEngine\CSharp\Server Side\NfServiceDataHod\bin\Debug\*.dll" /target:exe /targetplatform:v4,C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319 /wildcards

Update

Added this to my "Post Build" step, it replaces all .exe + .dll files with a single combined .exe. It also keeps the debugging .pdb file intact:

rem Create a single .exe that combines the root .exe and all subassemblies.
"$(SolutionDir)ILMerge\ILMerge.exe" /out:"$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).all.exe" "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).exe" "$(TargetDir)*.dll" /target:exe /targetplatform:v4,C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319 /wildcards
rem Remove all subassemblies.
del *.dll
rem Remove all .pdb files (except the new, combined pdb we just created).
ren "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).all.pdb" "$(TargetName).all.pdb.temp"
del *.pdb
ren "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).all.pdb.temp" "$(TargetName).all.pdb"
rem Delete the original, non-combined .exe.
del "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).exe"
rem Rename the combined .exe and .pdb to the original name we started with.
ren "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).all.pdb" "$(TargetName).pdb"
ren "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).all.exe" "$(TargetName).exe"
exit 0