23.2. Creating an Assembly

In its simplest form, an assembly is a single file with an .exe, .dll, or .module file extension. This file contains a single module and a manifest.

Let's create an assembly of type exe. You will need two source files: HelloWorld.cs and HelloWorldDriver.cs. The contents of the source files are shown in Listings 23.1 and 23.2.

Listing 23.1. HelloWorld.cs (C#)
public class HelloWorld {
  public override string ToString() {
    return "Hello World";
  }
}
Listing 23.2. HelloWorldDriver.cs (C#)
using System;
public class HelloWorldDriver {
  public static void Main(string[] args) {
    HelloWorld hw = new HelloWorld();
    Console.WriteLine(hw.ToString());
  }
}

Next, we use the following command to create an EXE assembly:

 csc /target:exe ...

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