Making a DLL from a C# project?

Question

Is it possible making a DLL file from an existing project in visual studio C# ? instead of giving an exe , i want to supply a DLL file for another person to use my methods in his code. i want to take the project as a whole and supply a DLL. It is already a big project with many components , but its built not right and it will take a whole lot of time to make this code into modules, so i rather give the whole project as a dll.

thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Do you want to keep the EXE version of the project as well?

If so, create a new project that has a target of assembly in the same solution, then link in the existing .cs / .vb files.

To link:

• right-click on the project
• add existing
• select .cs file
• click "Add" dropdown arrow
• select link
• hit "Add Link" button.

Answer 2

Project properties -> Application tab -> Output type -> Select 'Class library' there.