ILMerge using 2 third party dll's C++

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I have written a program that utilizes 2 3rd party dll's and I want to use ILMerge to merge both dll's into 1 executable.
I have tried using the command line:

ilmerge /target:winexe /out:final.exe normal.exe 3rd_party_dll_1.dll 3rd_party_dll_2.dll

but this returns this error:

`Could not load assembly from the location 'C:\Users\...' Skipping and processing trest of arguments. `

Am I missing something or is it possible that these dll's cannot be merged?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '10 at 22:38

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ILMerge doesn't work on native dlls out of the box, but there is a workaround.

answered Oct 11 '10 at 22:38

Shay Erlichmen

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what do you mean "native dlls"? – Nick Sinas Oct 12 '10 at 15:57
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@Nick Dlls which are written not in .net – Shay Erlichmen Oct 12 '10 at 15:59
it is a Win32 MFC dll. I thought this would still work. Thanks. – Nick Sinas Oct 12 '10 at 16:25

ILMerge using 2 third party dll's C++

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