vbc dll version

[mskeel]

compiler help

 

Is there a way to version .dll's created using the command-line visual basic compiler, vbc?

Edited March 24, 2004 by mskeel

[mskeel]

The solution

 

use vbc or csc to compile your code into a module and link using al by hand. During the linking phase you can change versioning, company name, description, copyrights etc...

 

an example. I have a class I want to turn into a dll, myClass.vb

 

compile

 

C:\> vbc -target:module -optimize+ -myClass.vb

 

This will output the file myClass.netmodule

 

link

 

C:\> al myClass.netmodule -target:library -fileversion:1.4.7.8 -out:mclib.dll -company:"Gott" -product:"My library with versioning"

 

You can mess with any fields you want... look at the linker help: al -?. And you can link more than one file at a time for even better modularization and configuration management...which is really what all of this is about. I guess the next question would be...make files?

[Derek Stone]

Or just apply the following attributes to your code:

<assembly:AssemblyProduct("")>
<assembly:AssemblyTitle(")>
<assembly:AssemblyCompany("")>
<assembly:AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")>
<assembly:AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")>
<assembly:AssemblyCopyright("Copyright (C) 2004")>

[mskeel]

Much easier - Thanks...

 

That is a lot easier than the crazy linking combined with a batchfile for versioning libraries...

 

Also, you have to be sure to include system.reflection for these <assembly> things to work.

 

Much Thanks