Creating a DLL

[techmanbd]

I was wondering if I need VS .NET to create a DLL or can I with the standard edition of VB .NET

[Heiko]

We're building DLLs with VB.NET.

[techmanbd]

How would I do that? I read somwhere that I start a new windows application and under the properties => general, I set the 'output type' to Class Library, but I don't see that. the only options I have is 'Console Application' and 'Windows Application'.

[PlausiblyDamp]

You don't get support for Classlibraries with the standard edition of VB.Net.

Not unless you look here and then thank Derek ;)

[techmanbd]

Ok, I got the class libraries but when I try to use it I get this error

 

Object with program ID Vswizard.VSwizardengine cannot be created

[mhaynie]

Need to alter a line

 

Depending on your installation version of VB.NET standard, go into the .vsz that is in the zip file and change the line to :

 

Wizard=VsWizard.VsWizardEngine.7.1 instead of : Wizard=VsWizard.VsWizardEngine

 

That worked for me. You can open any of your vsz's in notepad to check that yours is in fact .7.1.

 

MTH

[mskeel]

or you can use the command line compiler

 

check vbc -? (or csc for C#) on the command line for documentation. Its pretty easy to use and you can use it even if you have visual studio standard.

[decrypt]

Quote from http://visualbasic.about.com/library/weekly/aa083003a.htm:

 

Here's what I do ...

 

In the .vbproj file, look for ...

 

OutputType = "WinEXE"

 

Just change it to ...

 

OutputType = "Library"

 

And make sure that ...

 

StartupObject=""

 

And recompile. Viola!

 

 

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It works great, and saves time rather than using vbc.exe

[pelikan]

Check out the open source IDE SharpDevelop. Although the program has some flaws, it is still quite flexible - and free.