Self-sufficient Winform app like Delphi?

Hello

I've never written a Winform application, and was wondering if it's
possible to compile a self-sufficient EXE even when using third-party
components, just like Delphi, in which case the only dependency is the
version of the .Net framework? Or am I required to also ship some
external files like DLL's, etc.?

Thanks.

anoj
Wed Dec 12 09:01:38 PST 2007

Gilles,

That is not the case with .Net applications. You will have to ship the
controls along with your application.

-/Anoj
[http://techtips4you.blogspot.com/]

On Dec 11, 4:44 am, Gilles Ganault <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I've never written a Winform application, and was wondering if it's
> possible to compile a self-sufficient EXE even when using third-party
> components, just like Delphi, in which case the only dependency is the
> version of the .Net framework? Or am I required to also ship some
> external files like DLL's, etc.?
>
> Thanks.

Gilles
Wed Dec 12 17:06:57 PST 2007

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:01:38 -0800 (PST), anoj <sutradhaar@gmail.com>
wrote:
>That is not the case with .Net applications. You will have to ship the
>controls along with your application.

Thanks. Hopefully, I can just copy/paste DLL's into the app's
directory, so that users don't have to have admin rights to
install/update my app.

Marc
Thu Dec 13 14:01:31 PST 2007

Hi Gilles,

You may want to have a look at ILMerge :
http://research.microsoft.com/~mbarnett/ILMerge.aspx

Regards,

Gilles
Thu Dec 13 20:37:39 PST 2007

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:01:31 +0100, "Marc Greiner" <a.b@c.d> wrote:
>You may want to have a look at ILMerge :
>http://research.microsoft.com/~mbarnett/ILMerge.aspx

Great utilty. Deployment issues is what's keeping me from moving to
.Net from Win32 Delphi. Thanks.