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Asked: 2026-05-14T02:56:24+00:00

I want to merge one .NET DLL assembly and one C# Class Library project

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I want to merge one .NET DLL assembly and one C# Class Library project referenced by a VB.NET Console Application project into one command-line console executable.

I can do this with ILMerge from the command-line, but I want to integrate this merging of reference assemblies and projects into the Visual Studio project. From my reading, I understand that I can do this through a MSBuild Task or a Target and just add it to a C#/VB.NET Project file, but I can find no specific example since MSBuild is large topic. Moreover, I find some references that add the ILMerge command to the Post-build event.

  1. How do I integrate ILMerge into a Visual Studio (C#/VB.NET) project, which are just MSBuild projects, to merge all referenced assemblies (copy-local=true) into one assembly?

  2. How does this tie into a possible ILMerge.Targets file?

  3. Is it better to use the Post-build event?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The article Mixing Languages in a Single Assembly in Visual Studio seamlessly with ILMerge and MSBuild at http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MixingLanguagesInASingleAssemblyInVisualStudioSeamlesslyWithILMergeAndMSBuild.aspx demonstrates how to use ILMerge and MSBuild within a Visual Studio Project.

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