What is Interop.MSutil.dll

Question

First of all i want to say that I\'m still a beginner in ASP.NET development. I think this is a simple question but I cant find an answer anywhere. The following is my probl

Answer 1

This is used to read the IIS log files and parse them.

To get that DLL follow those steps:

1. Download the Log Parser package, here. (free download, small .msi file)

2. Install the Log Parser on the machine with the your project and Visual Studio.

3. Browse to the location of the installed program and you will see file called "LogParser.dll" in there. Copy the file to some easy location e.g. "C:\Temp" see below why.

4. Go to All Programs --> Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 --> Visual Studio Tools and right click "Visual Studio Command Prompt" then choose Run as administrator.

5. From within the console type:

   tlbimp "C:\temp\LogParser.dll" /out:"C:\temp\Interop.MSUtil.dll"
   

That's it - after this you will have the lost Interop.MSUtil.dll back on your machine, copy it to your project location and add reference to it like you add to any other external DLL file.