I'm using a decompiler to look at a DLL I built a while ago because I don't have the original source anymore. I want to see what a specfic value for a resource string is, but I can't seem to find them. I embedded the resource file, so I figured I could just decompile the DLL and see the string, but it isn't anywhere to be found. Any place I should be checking or is this not possible?
Ended up using Reflector and saw what I needed.
Would a tool like XN Resource Editor work for you?
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For example, I want to find the source code of IEnumerable, but it is not in
https://github.com/mono/mono/tree/master/mcs/class/System/System.Collections.Generic
So where is it?
I went to the GitHub repository and pressed T to activate the file finder and then typed in IEnumerable and one of the search results was:
https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/mcs/class/corlib/System.Collections.Generic/IEnumerable.cs
#MattWard already pointed out the key.
I just want to inform you that not all System.* classes are in System.dll, even for Microsoft .NET. If you go to MSDN you can see clearly that IEnumerable is defined in mscorlib.dll, which maps to "corlib" in Mono.
This tip applies to other classes as well.
I'm hoping I just missed something in the README somewhere, but...
I have a library of VB.net code that I'm trying to package into a PCL, ultimately for use under Xamarin. The code is relatively straightforward, there's a lot of File I/O using streams and some SQL client code, and a smaller amount of UI and control related code.
So I made a new PCL project, but I was confused what to select, so I chose Windows Store and .Net 4.5. I then Add...ed the source files from an existing project. Now I'm getting errors on the most basic things - ArrayList does not appear to exist in spite of importing System.Collections, and StackTrace doesn't exist in Diagnostics. Even simple things like StringFormat and SortedDictionary aren't there.
Did I skip a step somewhere? Perhaps I didn't download the right libs from MS? Or maybe I have to manually include a Reference to something? Any ideas?
Ì have had this problem in a number of projects and I have almost given up. I am sure there is a solution though. When I insert a Flash object in a VB.Net Windows Forms application, it works fine for a little while and then I see this error in the Design Screen. I am using Visual Studio 2010
Could not load file or assembly 'Interop.ShockwaveFlashObjects, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
I have read several descriptions of why this happens, and apparently it has something to do with strong naming (or lack thereof), but have not found a solution yet. I used Add Reference->COM->Shockwave Flash (C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\Flash32_11_2_202_235.ocx) If I ignore the error it appears to work fine, but I don't want my users to have a problem.
I know I can use a browser control and play the Flash in that, but for reasons I won't get into, I have to use a Flash control. Any ideas would help.
Okay. I can't promise this to work for you, but it worked for me.
First, you have to locate a file on your computer titled AxImp.exe. You have to run it from the command prompt. This file is located (for me at least) here:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Bin\x64
Once you do find and run it, you have to point it to the correct Flash.ocx file you're using, like so:
AxImp.exe <path>\Flash.ocx
Once you've done that you should end up with 2 DLL files in the same directory as the .ocx file. One called AxShockwaveFlashObjects.dll and another called ShockwaveFlashObjects.dll.
You don't care about ShockwaveFlashObjects.dll, just AxShockwaveFlashObjects.dll.
Grab that file and the Flash*.ocx file and paste them into the project directory.
Then include them into your references. This should open up two new references, AxShockwaveObjects and ShockwaveObjects.
Make sure you're Using both of them.
After this, you have to register the Flash*.ocx using RegSvr32 from your command prompt (make sure to run CMD in admin mode). That is done like so:
C:\RegSvr32 <path>\Flash.ocx
This worked for me. I was having the exact same problem (which is what led me here). It could be a half backed hack workaround but for now, that's how it worked for me.
Let me know if it works for you or not.
Hope it goes well for you.
I know this is an old post but I had this issue yesterday and the solution, at least in my case, was very simple. All I had to do was to change the Platform and Platform Target to x86 (Build tab of project property).
I'm trying to write a IL Weaver with Mono.Cecil, and for it to remain debugable in VS2010, I need the PdbReaderProvider class, or some similar implementation of ISymbolProvider. I've downloaded the latest Mono dlls from http://mono.ximian.com/daily/, but in the zip there is no Mono.Cecil.Pdb.dll. I've downloaded the source code from https://github.com/jbevain/cecil/tree/master/Mono.Cecil but I can't seem to be able to get that particular project compile under .net 4.
Could somebody help me out and point to a compiled working .net dll of Mono.Cecil.Pdb, preferably with a working PdbReaderProvider inside?
Indeed, you need to get the source from Cecil's github repository. Then you just have to open Mono.Cecil.sln inside VS 2010, select the solution configuration net_4_0_Debug (or net_4_0_Release) and build the solution. The solution is self contained so you don't need anything else.
You'll get both Mono.Cecil.dll and Mono.Cecil.Pdb.dll inside bin/net_4_0_Debug (or bin/net_4_0_Release).
Alternatively, get the NuGet package which includes all Cecil assemblies. If you're on the MS stack, of course.
We have a number of dlls in a single directory. Most, but not all, are C++ resource dlls only. These dlls can be opened in Visual Studio for a "visual" inspection (you can see the "String Table").
Here's the scenario, we are looking for a particular string but we don't which DLL contains the string. Is there a tool that we can use that will perform a string search on DLLs?
Thanks!
You can use the findstr command to search strings in several files.
I've just successfully used .NET Reflector 6 to find a string (using Ctrl+S) in the list of loaded DLLs.
Slightly off for the original question (concerning C++) but I've stumbled upon this question by the title and this is my answer.