visual studio 2008 - Linking statically in C#

Question

I'm working on a module for a CMS. This module is distributed as a class library DLL.

I have several utility libraries I'd like to use in this module. Is there anyway I can link these libraries statically so I won't have to distribute several DLL's (thereby distributing my utility libraries separately)?

I would like to have only one DLL.

Answer 1

You can merge your many DLLs with ILMERGE:

http://research.microsoft.com/~mbarnett/ILMerge.aspx

Haven't tried it myself. Hope it helps.

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Download here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=22914587-B4AD-4EAE-87CF-B14AE6A939B0&displaylang=en

Brief Description (from download-page)
ILMerge is a utility for merging multiple .NET assemblies into a single .NET assembly. It works on executables and DLLs alike and comes with several options for controlling the processing and format of the output. See the accompanying documentation for details.