.NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide

Appendix B. SDK Tools Reference

In This Appendix

• TLBIMP.EXE

• TLBEXP.EXE

• REGASM.EXE

• AXIMP.EXE

• REGSVCS.EXE

This reference covers five command-line tools that ship with the .NET Framework SDK:

Core COM Interoperability Tools:

• TLBIMP.EXE

• TLBEXP.EXE

• REGASM.EXE

Extended Tools Based on COM Interoperability:

• AXIMP.EXE

• REGSVCS.EXE

TLBIMP.EXE

The .NET Framework Type Library to Assembly Converter (TLBIMP.EXE) imports a type library to create an Interop Assembly describing its types. Visual Studio .NET exposes the functionality of TLBIMP.EXE when you add a reference to a type library that doesn’t already have a registered Primary Interop Assembly (PIA). You can also programmatically import type libraries using the System.Runtime.InteropServices.TypeLibConverter ...