I am working on the Visual studio 2010. want to create a dll which contains icons just like shell32.dll. Can anyone guide me what I need to do.
Purpose : I just want my fav icons bind with one dll and keep in my root drive and customize me all folder icons and I just need it ot contain Dll thats it.
I have not idea what and all efforted is needed, I am ready to put how much effort is needed.
Any suggestion or comment is welcome.
I am not sure what detail is need so adding the picture of shell32.dll.
You can create a Resource-Only DLL.
From the link:
To create a resource-only DLL, you create a new Win32 DLL (non-MFC)
project and add your resources to the project.
Select Win32 Project in the New Project dialog box and specify a DLL project type in the Win32 Project Wizard.
Create a new resource script that contains the resources (such as a string or a menu) for the DLL and save the .rc file.
On the Project menu, click Add Existing Item, and then insert the new .rc file into the project.
Specify the /NOENTRY linker option. /NOENTRY prevents the linker from linking a reference to _main into the DLL; this option is
required to create a resource-only DLL.
Build the DLL.
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I have a Page class in a project A. I want to navigate to this page from my Universal windows project(say Project B) page. In UWP I am trying to achieve this using Frame.Navigate(typeof(Page_classA)), since NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri()) is obsolete in UWP.
But I get a Windows.UI.Xaml.Markup.XamlParseException in this case.
Is there any other way in UWP or metro Apps for navigating to a page in different assembly?
We can use Frame.Navigate(TypeName) method to navigate to a page in different assembly.
For example, we can create a Class Library(Universal Windows) named "ProjectA" and in this project add a new Page named "PageA". Then in this project's Properties page, check the "Generate library layout" option in the Build configuration.
In WinRT environment, the resources are no longer embedded in the assembly but are placed next to the dll as content. So we need to generate library layout so that we can reference the dll in other project conveniently.
After this, we can build the project and we will get following layout in "Debug" folder:
In ProjectA folder, it contains .xaml file and .xr.xml file:
When we get the library output files, we can copy them to anywhere and in the Universal Windows Project(Project B), we just need to add reference to the "ProjectA.dll" file. Visual Studio will automatically pick these files up and put them in the appx package when it builds the app.
And in Project B, we can use following code to navigate to PageA:
Frame.Navigate(typeof(ProjectA.PageA))
In your case, you get a Windows.UI.Xaml.Markup.XamlParseException, this may be that the .pri file is missing when you add the reference. Here is a similar case. So please check your library layout and make sure these resources are are placed next to the dll you referenced.
I have a class library project which I am using in a UWP project. If I add any usercontrol xaml file in the class library and build it it builds fine. But the UWP project gives an error that it cannot find the .xr file.
Do I need to add the .xr file externally in any folder to my UWP project?
Yeah, for a class library with XAML files, if we want to reference the dll in other project, we need not only the dll itself but also the .xr.xaml file and some other files. Because in UWP environment, the resources are no longer embedded in the assembly but are placed next to the dll as content. See the similar case: How to add xbf files to visual studio project.
The files we need to reference like following:
ClassLibrary1(Class Library name) Folder
ClassLibrary1.xr.xml
UserControl.xaml (UserControl XAML file)
ClassLibrary1.dll
ClassLibrary1.pri
To get these files, we can check the "Generate library layout"
option in the Build configuration under the project's Properties page.
Then we can copy these files to anywhere and the UWP project just need to add reference to the ClassLibrary1.dll file in the Visual Studio, Visual Studio will automatically pick these files up and put them in the appx package when it builds the app.
I have created a program in vb.net using Visual Studio Express 2013, and I compile it there, it works fine except the modules. It doesn't include mysql.data (which is essential to the application). How do I include these modules in the compilation? (I already tried putting the .dll in the solution explorer.)
All you need to do, is to include the file in the project by: Right-Click on solution > Add file.
Once done, set “Build Action” to “Content” and its “Copy to Output Directory” mode to “Copy if newer” from the properties window.
Go to Add Reference and Add .DLL file reference using browse option.
I have a VS2010 SL4 project which uses an external Silverlight DLL. The project is localized with multiple RESX files, and the DLL is, too. I usually include external DLLs in my solutions as follows:
1) create a set of virtual folders in my solution like (say the imported DLL is named Sample.dll):
/Lib/Sample/Debug
/Lib/Sample/Release
2) create the same folders structure in the file system and copy under Debug and Release the respective versions of the DLL, so that now I find the following files:
/Lib/Sample/Debug/Sample.dll
/Lib/Sample/Release/Sample.dll
3) add to all the client projects in the solution a reference to /Lib/Sample/Debug/Sample.dll.
4) open the .csproj file of each project with the added reference, and change the Debug part of the path with $(Configuration), so that the right Debug/Release version is picked during build.
Now the question is: in my SL4 solution I can follow the same procedure for importing the language-neutral DLL. But what about its satellite resources? For instance, the French version of the imported DLL is built under subfolder fr-FR and named Sample.resources.dll. How should I include it correctly? Even If I try to manually add it in the compiled XAP under folder fr, it is ignored and the application falls back to its neutral culture...
I think I found it, here's a recap for whom may be interested:
open the .csproj file and ensure you add all your desired languages (separated by semicolons) in . For instance, if you support fr-Fr add <SupportedCultures>fr-Fr</SupportedCultures>.
(had to do this manually, I supposed 1. should be enough): once compiled, open your xap (rename it to .zip and open) and add if not present an element like <AssemblyPart Source="fr-FR/Sample.resources.dll" /> for each imported satellite with resources.
Thanks anyway!
I've tried Dependency Walker, but when I run the exe in profile, Dependency Walker froze.
Process Explorer shows all DLLs loaded by application.
Loaded dll in an exe are located in the Data Directory-Import Table section.
Loading the executable in studPE and looking at the "functions" tab will give you the list of dlls.
You could also load the program in OllyDbg and press Alt+E (or menu view->executable modules) to see a list of dll's