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Create one DLL from a solution with two or more projects

I have a solution that currently has two projects. Each project is a class library. When I build the solution, two DLLs are created, one for each project. I would like to build the solution and produce one DLL that incorporates both class libraries. Can this be done from within Visual Studio 2008 or do I need to use something like ILmerge?

JackOfPH

Put all the class in one project, don't split it into two project, If you want to produce one dll.

That is I think the simplest thing to do.

REgards,

Joseph

x77

Merging .NET assemblies using ILMerge
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/mergingassemblies.aspx

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Kramarich

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Thanks all.
Jack, thanks. I thought of combining the projects but it just bugged me that I couldn't keep separate projects and have one dll.
x77, thanks. This might be the way I have to do this but you would think there would be a way to do this from within the VS solution.
vb student, thanks. I tried this but I still ended up with two DLLs - unless I did something wrong. I'll have to play around with this a little more. Maybe two DLLs will work after all.
Thanks again everyone!
Ken

Kramarich

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Update. It turns out that using the same name for the Root namespace in each project worked for me. It didn't give me one DLL but it did place both projects into the same root namespace which I can live with.

Kramarich

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None.