Question

i want to compile a .cs program which exist in some other folder on the disk and generate a .dll of it, using another .cs program or a console application or a window application. i tried using the following

using (StreamReader textReader = new StreamReader(@"path\Filename.cs"))
{
     textFile = textReader.ReadToEnd();
    Console.WriteLine(textFile);
}
CodeDomProvider codeProvider = new CSharpCodeProvider(); 
ICodeCompiler compiler = codeProvider.CreateCompiler(); 
// add compiler parameters 
CompilerParameters compilerParams = new CompilerParameters();
compilerParams.CompilerOptions = "/target:library /optimize"; 
compilerParams.GenerateExecutable = false; 
compilerParams.GenerateInMemory = true;             
compilerParams.IncludeDebugInformation = false; 
compilerParams.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("mscorlib.dll");
compilerParams.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.dll");  
// compile the code 
CompilerResults results = compiler.CompileAssemblyFromSource(compilerParams,        textFile);

Answer 1

I have idea something like this till you don’t find something concrete try this

Process processCS= new Process();
processCS.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = @"C:\<your code directory>";
processCS.StartInfo.FileName = @"C:\Windows\Microsoft .NET\Framework\version\csc.exe   /out:yourdllname.dll yourcodefilename.cs";
processCS.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
processCS.Start();
processCS.WaitForExit();

You can call this from on cs file to compile other cs file. Check if it works …. \

By default process will search the files in system32 dir so use the following code to do that…

ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo(@"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\csc.exe");
info.Arguments = @" /out:C:\ss\Class1.dll C:\ss\Class1.cs";
info.UseShellExecute = false;
Process.Start(info);

In argument i have given path of cs file as C:\ss\Class1.cs you give according to your path but keep in mind give small path.