To Identify .Net Dll's from host of Dll's in Application

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

.NET4.5

Hi All,

In my Application, I have about 600 binaries viz., COM DLL, Win32 Dll, OCX & .Net Dll's, but I need to identify the .NetDll's among them, In this context let me know, what is the distinguishing feature of .Net Dll's/Assemblies compared to other Dll's ?

For Example we are able to identify COM Dll's by presence of following attribute viz., (InProcServer) DllRegisterServer, but I wasn't able to similarly figure out, .NetDll/Assemblies.
Since, I am new to .Net , I need some assitance in resolving the above issue.

Details:

VS 2008 IDE , Window 7 O/S,(.Net 4.5)

With Regards,
Vishal_K89

Posted 27-Mar-13 19:21pm

Vishal_K89

Add a Solution

2 solutions

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-27T19:25:00

Solution 1

Try to open all DLLs with Reflection. When it fails, it's not a .NET DLL. This is exactly what I did in such situation, it works.

—SA

Posted 27-Mar-13 19:25pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Prasad Khandekar · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-27T19:40:00

Non programmatically you can right click the dll & select properties to open properties dialog. In the version tab if you see Assembly Version under Item name listbox then it's a managed dll. You can also use Assembly class to programmatically determine whether a given dll is managed or not.

C#

bool IsManaged(string path)
{
    try
    {
        Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom(path);
        return true;
    }
    catch(BadImageFormatException e)
    {
        // Code to print the error
    }
    return false;
}

Regards,