Question on edit .dll

[Tommy Cox 1]

Hi All,

I'm not very good with programming but I do have a file and i'm in Visual Studio messing around doing trial and error.

After saving the file in Visual Studio will the file change the .dll file as well? 

 

 

Thanks,

Young

[Matenia 628]

No, you need to build the project again

[Tommy Cox 1]

7 hours ago, Matenia said:

No, you need to build the project again

Would you recommend starting fresh then? The only reason I wanted to edit a previous project (.dll) is because I thought it would be easier to understand.'

 

Thanks   

[FNV316 65]

5 hours ago, youngjuicer said:

The only reason I wanted to edit a previous project (.dll) is because I thought it would be easier to understand.'

You can achieve that by de compiling the dll with a tool like dotPeak. Avvi explained this in a thread:

This allows you to take a look at the code, but not applying changes to the source dll

[Andoido 75]

Did you decompile the .dll ? .NET Decompiler for example. Its possible if you did that some of the code wasnt decompiled if it was C++ for example.

If you change something you need to compile it and the new .dll will get saved into your bin folder. But if you just "save" in VS, then no it wont change

[Tommy Cox 1]

Thank you

[Andoido 75]

NP if u have issues let me know.