Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition

17.9. Building a .NET Assembly with CIL

Now that you've taken a tour of the syntax and semantics of raw CIL, it's time to solidify your current understanding by building a .NET application using nothing but ilasm.exe and your text editor of choice. Specifically, your application will consist of a privately deployed, single-file *.dll that contains two class type definitions, and a console-based *.exe that interacts with these types.

17.9.1. Building CILCars.dll

The first order of business is to build the *.dll to be consumed by the client. Open a text editor and create a new *.il file named CILCars.il. This single-file assembly will make use of two external .NET assemblies. Begin by updating your code file as follows:

// Reference mscorlib.dll ...