Re: Class vs. DLL

Paolo wrote:
Learning C# using Console applications. I want to develop some utility functions (wrapping up some of the Console class methods) so that I can have them available for any program that I write.

If I create a DLL do I include these functions by adding it as a reference in my projects?

If I create a Class do I add the 'using' directive to include them?

Are there any pros/cons with respect to either approach?

Thanks

You can create a new project in the solution and create one or more classes in it. This will then be compiled into a separate dll. To use the classes from the application you need to add a reference to the project.

To use the classes in another solution, you can either add the project to the solution and add a reference to the project, or add a reference to the compiled dll file.

(Of course you can also develop the project separately in it's own solution.)

If a class is in a different namespace (which it usually would be if it's in a separate project), you either can use a using directive to import the namespace or specify the full class name (i.e. namespace.classname) everytime you use the class.

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