Chapter 23. C# Development Tools
The .NET Framework SDK contains many useful
programming tools. Here is an alphabetical list of those we have found
most useful or necessary for developing C# applications. Unless
otherwise noted, the tools in this list can be found either in the
\bin directory of your .NET Framework SDK
installation or in the
%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\VERSION
directory (replace VERSION with the framework
version). Once the .NET Framework is installed, you can access these
tools from any directory. To use any of these tools, invoke a Command
Prompt window and enter the name of the desired tool.
This chapter uses the following conventions:
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Italic Used as a placeholder to indicate an item that should be replaced with an actual value.
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[item] The brackets indicate an optional item. In some cases,
[item]is used to indicate that part of a word is optional. For example,/v[erbose]indicates that the options/vand/verboseare equivalent.-
(item1 | item2) The pipe (
|) symbol indicates alternation, and the parentheses group the choices together; you must choose one of the specified options.-
[item1 | item2] The pipe (
|) symbol indicates alternation, and the brackets indicate that the choice is optional; you may choose one of the specified options. This is often used with the+and-symbols. For example,/verbose[+|-]indicates that you may choose/verbose,/verbose+, or/verbose-. The first two (/verboseand/verbose+) are equivalent.-
item1,item2 Comma-separated ...