Incorporate FSUIPC.DLL in the executable file

[Marco Milesi]

Hi all

it's possible incorporate the FSUIPC.DLL in a executable file written in vbnet to deploy as a single file (exe only) ? If yes how ?

 

P.S. I call the FSUIPC.DLL from vb net as a resource.

 

Thanks

 

Marco

[Paul Henty]

See the following post for how to merge the DLL and your exe. Note however that this is for the normal linking situation where you just add a reference to the DLL file on the disk. I don't know if it will work if you've added the DLL as a resource.

 

http://forum.simflight.com/topic/78233-embed-fsuipcclientdll-in-exe/

 

Paul

[Marco Milesi]

Thanks Paul but i have this error:

 

Checking to see that all of the input assemblies have a compatible PeKind.

DFYFlightCenter.PeKind = ILonly, Requires32bits, Prefers32bits

FSUIPCClient.PeKind = ILonly, Requires32bits

The assembly 'FSUIPCClient' has a value for its PeKind flag, 'ILonly, Requires32bits' that is not compatible with 'ILonly, Requires32bits, Prefers32bits'.

An exception occurred during merging:

ILMerge.Merge: The assembly 'FSUIPCClient' has a value for its PeKind flag, 'ILonly, Requires32bits' that is not compatible with 'ILonly, Requires32bits, Prefers32bits'.

   in ILMerging.ILMerge.Merge()

   in ILMerging.ILMerge.Main(String[] args)

 

Marco

[Paul Henty]

Your DFYFlightCenter.exe is being compile with the 'Prefer 32 Bit' option ticked. This needs to be unticked and the 'target CPU' or 'platform target' set to x86.

 

You can find these options in the properties window of the project, on the 'Build' (C#) or 'Compile' (VB) tab.

 

Paul

[vgmarimon]

I use this in a .bat file:

 

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\ILMerge\ilmerge.exe" infile.exe FSUIPCClient.dll MySql.Data.dll /out:fileout.exe /target:winexe /targetplatform:v4 /log:mergelog.log /ndebug

 

This embed both FSUIPC and MYSQL DLL files into one .EXE file.