Appendix D. Common Utilities

Microsoft .NET Framework provides many tools to help developers make the best use of the Framework. In the following sections, we document the commonly used subset of .NET tools that we’ve used throughout this book:

  • Assembly Generation Utility (al.exe)

  • Assembly Registration Utility (gac.exe)

  • MSIL Assembler (ilasm.exe)

  • MSIL Disassembler (ildasm.exe)

  • C++ Compiler (cl.exe)

  • C# Compiler (csc.exe)

  • VB Compiler (vbc.exe)

  • PE File viewer (dumpbin.exe)

  • Type Library Exporter (tlbexp.exe)

  • Type Library Importer (tlbimp.exe)

  • XML Schema Definition Tool (xsd.exe)

  • Shared Name Utility (sn.exe)

  • Web Service Utility (wsdl.exe)

Assembly Generation Utility (al.exe)

While al.exe is generally used to generate assemblies with manifests, it can also be used to install assemblies into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). The following table shows some of the common usages of the Assembly Generation Utility:

Option

Description

/flags: flags

Specifies a value for the Flags field in the assembly.

  • 0x0000: side-by-side compatible.

  • 0x0010: cannot execute with other versions in the same application domain.

  • 0x0020: cannot execute with other versions in the same process.

  • 0x0030: cannot execute with other versions on the same computer.

/help or /?

Use to get help for this command.

/install: filename or /i: filename

Use to install a strongly named assembly into the GAC. See also /keyfile and /keyname. If /out is specified, do not specify filename here.

/keyfile: keyfilename or /keyf: keyfilename

Use to create shared components. keyfilename contains a key pair generated with the Shared Name Utility (sn.exe). The compiler inserts the public key into the assembly manifest and then signs the assembly with the private key.

/keyname: keycontainer or /keyn: keycontainer

Use to create shared components. keycontainer contains a key pair generated and installed into a key container with the Shared Name Utility (sn.exe). The compiler inserts the public key into the assembly manifest and then signs the assembly with the private key.

/main: entrymethod

Specifies the entry-point method name when converting a module to an executable.

/out: filename

Specifies the output filename.

/type:lib|exe|win or /t:lib|exe|win

Specifies the file format of the output file (lib for library, exe for console executable, and win for win32 executable). The default setting is lib.

/version: major. minor.revision.build

Specifies version information for the assembly. The default value is 0.

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