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Dll merging throwing an error.

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Hello All Guys,

I have four class libraries within one solution.

in first Class-library project , i am writing one post build event as below.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Ilmerge\Ilmerge.exe" 
  /out:$(ProjectDir)bin\Debug\Merged.dll"$(ProjectDir)obj\Debug\Primary.dll"    
  "$(ProjectDir)bin\Debug\Secondary*.dll"

but it's throwing below error.

Error 1  The command ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Ilmerge\Ilmerge.exe" 
  /out:c:\users\user\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\IlmergeDllProject\IlmergeDllProject\bin\Debug\Merged.dll"c:\users\user\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\IlmergeDllProject\IlmergeDllProject\obj\Debug\Primary.dll"    
  "c:\users\user\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\IlmergeDllProject\IlmergeDllProject\bin\Debug\Secondary*.dll"" exited with code 3. IlmergeDllProject

and in the visual studio output window getting below message.

1>------ Build started: Project: IlmergeDllProject, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
1>  IlmergeDllProject -> c:\users\ansar.shaikh\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\IlmergeDllProject\IlmergeDllProject\bin\Debug\IlmergeDllProject.dll
1>  Usage: ilmerge [/lib:directory]* [/log[:filename]] [/keyfile:filename [/delaysign]] [/internalize[:filename]] [/t[arget]:(library|exe|winexe)] [/closed] [/ndebug] [/ver:version] [/copyattrs [/allowMultiple] [/keepFirst]] [/xmldocs] [/attr:filename] [/targetplatform:<version>[,<platformdir>] | /v1 | /v1.1 | /v2 | /v4] [/useFullPublicKeyForReferences] [/wildcards] [/zeroPeKind] [/allowDup:type]* [/union] [/align:n] /out:filename <primary assembly> [<other assemblies>...]
1>  The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
1>  The system cannot find the path specified.
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4548,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Ilmerge\Ilmerge.exe" 
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4548,5): error MSB3073:   /out:c:\users\ansar.shaikh\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\IlmergeDllProject\IlmergeDllProject\bin\Debug\Merged.dll"c:\users\user\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\IlmergeDllProject\IlmergeDllProject\obj\Debug\Primary.dll"    
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4548,5): error MSB3073:   "c:\users\user\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\IlmergeDllProject\IlmergeDllProject\bin\Debug\Secondary*.dll"" exited with code 3.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 3 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

can anyone help me resolving this issue.

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  • Aric Levin - MVP Profile Picture
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    RE: Dll merging throwing an error.

    Try using a separate directory for merging in your bin/Debug. Usually that prevents files from being overwritten, and you can make it cleaner. Since we don't know your exact configuration, it's a little hard, but created a PreMerge directory under your bin\Debug, and you can do the following (in your Post-build event command line):

    move Primary.dll PreMerge

    move Secondary.dll PreMerge

    "$(SolutionDir)Tools\ILMerge.exe" /keyfile:"$(ProjectDir)Merged.snk" /out:"Merged.dll" "PreMerge\Primary.dll" "PreMerge\Secondary.dll" /log:"$(ProjectDir)errorlog.log" /targetplatform:v4,"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.2"

    Hope this helps.

  • a33ik Profile Picture
    84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Dll merging throwing an error.

    Hello,

    Are you sure you have "$(ProjectDir)bin\Debug\Secondary*.dll" file?

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