Determining what a DLL references

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If I have a DLL that has been sent to me by a third party, is there a way to find out if it has any System.IO references in it? I want to be sure that the DLL does not read or write to my disk.

Posted 11-Aug-10 10:21am

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AspDotNetDev · Answer 1 · 2010-08-11T10:31:00

If the DLL is a .Net DLL, you can use Reflector to disassemble it so you can take a peek at the actual code. There are also plugins for Reflector that allow you to output all the code for the DLL at once into a directory of CS files. You could then perform a text search on them to see if you find "System.IO". There might be an easier way, but that's the only way I know of.

Paul Michalik · Answer 2 · 2010-08-14T01:40:00

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Use "dumpbin" if you do not have reflector installed.

Posted 14-Aug-10 1:40am

Paul Michalik