Re: Is it possible to include a dll in the exe
From: Daniel Moth (dmoth74_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/09/04
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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 11:49:07 -0000
Don't you love it when you learn something new? :-)
Jerron thanks for the offer. No need to send me one I got it working. I
started a new solution from scratch and it just worked (initially I thought
maybe it was a language thing so I tried both VB and C# and they both
worked.). I still have absolutely no idea why my original project does not
work (it still doesn't!), while it works on the desktop fine, but I think I
am going to have to let it go.
BTW, you don't need to move the Main function to its own class and you don't
need to create a static constructor in a separate one (in fact static ctors
are not guaranteed to run unless needed); I dropped the code in just before
Application.Run.
Searching the web I found other places that discuss this technique... if
anybody knows where it originated from (for future reference) feel free to
let me know
Cheers
Daniel
-- http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/ "jer_m" <jmghost@msn.com> wrote in message news:5B44E7E9-0F98-415C-85B9-A9FDB4114E04@microsoft.com... > > Hi Daniel, > > I've done what Alex is talking about, You can even inherit your main form > from a custom form in the dll. I did it by. > > 1. creating a new class in the application > 2. creating static constructor for that class ( this is where you would > put > the code to extract your dll, you just need to extract it to the same > location as your .exe, the clr will look for it there) > 3. moving static void main() function out of the form and into the new > class. > > This will allow you to extract the dll before the clr tries to load it. > > In fact I include all of the resources as embedded resources. This way I > don't need to create a .cab to install the app. We can send the same .exe > to > a customer to test on their desktop as the one we put on their device, > with > no install. I also had problems debugging with the emulator with images > built as content that were stored in folders. The images would be > deployed > to the emulator with a flat directory structure so the app couldn't locate > them. Embedding them into the project and extracting them in the same > manor > as the custom control dll fixed this. > > I was working on an example that I was going to post at some point but > never > got around to it, I will go ahead and send it to you > > Kind Regards, > Jerron > > "Daniel Moth" wrote: > >> That is fine on the desktop and for the benefit of the archives the code >> snippet needs to close the stream before using types from the assembly >> (and >> should check if the file already exists before creating it). >> >> On the CF it seems the dependencies are checked before any user code gets >> a >> chance to execute, so I cannot get it working. If you have a working CF >> example please send it to me (I am interested in it from a POC point of >> view >> :-). >> >> Cheers >> Daniel >> -- >> http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/ >> >> >> "Alex Feinman [MVP]" <public_news@alexfeinman.com> wrote in message >> news:OcEJk9V3EHA.2572@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >> > You can add DLL to the project, mark it as embedded resource, then, >> > upon >> > loading your application, check for the dll existence in the file >> > system >> > and if it's not there, simply copy it there from the resource stream. >> > >> > Stream strDLL = >> > Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("MyNameSpace.MyDll.dll"); >> > //Case sensitive >> > string path = >> > Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetModules()[0].FullyQualifiedName); >> > FileStream fs = File.Create(path + "\\MyDLL.dll"); >> > int nRead = -1; >> > byte[] buffer = new byte[4096]; >> > while(nRead != 0) >> > { >> > nRead = strDLL.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); >> > if ( nRead > 0 ) >> > fs.Write(buffer, 0, nRead); >> > } >> > >> > -- >> > Alex Feinman >> > --- >> > Visit http://www.opennetcf.org >> > "ORC" <orc@sol.dk> wrote in message >> > news:uZX04ES3EHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... >> >> HI, >> >> >> >> It is possible to include a custom control dll in the exe file so that >> >> the >> >> dll isn't a standalone file that will have to be copied to the PDA >> >> along >> >> with the exe file? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ole >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >>
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