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user1812076

Reputation: 279

Creating winforms executable dynamically C#

I want to create an application, that will take out the text from textBox1, compile it, and save it as an executable. I never tried this before, but I would really like to get it working. This is the code that I'm using in my "compiler" application:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.CodeDom.Compiler;
using Microsoft.CSharp;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace Compiler
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            CSharpCodeProvider codeProvider = new CSharpCodeProvider();
            ICodeCompiler icc = codeProvider.CreateCompiler();
            string Output = "out.exe";
            Button ButtonObject = (Button)sender;
            CompilerParameters parameters = new CompilerParameters();
            string[] references = { "System.dll","System.Windows.Forms.dll","System.Drawing.dll" };

            parameters.EmbeddedResources.AddRange(references);
            parameters.GenerateExecutable = true;
            parameters.OutputAssembly = Output;
            CompilerResults results = icc.CompileAssemblyFromSource(parameters, textBox1.Text);

            if (results.Errors.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (CompilerError CompErr in results.Errors)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(CompErr.ToString());
                }
            }
            else
            {
                //Successful Compile
                textBox1.ForeColor = Color.Blue;
                textBox1.Text = "Success!";
            }

        }
    }
}

The textbox1 text, meaning the source that I am trying to compile is:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
System.Windows.Forms.Form f = new System.Windows.Forms.Form(); 
f.ShowDialog();
    }
}

Basically, I am trying to generate an executable file dynamically, that will just show a Form. I've also tried, instead of making and showing a form to show a System.Windows.MessageBox.Show("testing");

In both cases I get this errors:

Line number 5, Error Number: CS0234, 'The type or namespace name 'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference?);

Line number 5, Error Number: CS0234, 'The type or namespace name 'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference?);

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1442

Answers (1)

Novakov
Novakov

Reputation: 3095

You are adding 3 files ("System.dll","System.Windows.Forms.dll","System.Drawing.dll") as embedded resources not as references. Add them to ReferencedAssemblies instead.

Upvotes: 6

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