Question

This command fails:

al.exe /out:ClassLibrary3.dll Class3.netmodule /keyfile:sgKey.snk

And I don’t know why. Here’s how it fails on the command line:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools>al.exe /
out:ClassLibrary3.dll Class3.netmodule /keyfile:sgKey.snk
Microsoft (R) Assembly Linker version 10.0.30319.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

ALINK: error AL1047: Error importing file 'c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
        SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools\Class3.netmodule' -- The system
        cannot find the file specified.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools>

Class3 is the only class in my assembly. Is this looking for some physical “Class3.netmodule” file or object in a directory or something?

Thank you for any help.

Answer 1

This command, specifically, is trying to generate an assembly from a netmodule. So yes, it is looking for a physical file named “Class3.netmodule”.

You can’t arbitrarily sign an assembly from the command line. You must either sign it during compile time; or, if set for delay-signing, use sn.exe -R[a].