Visual Basic 2008 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

1.3. Create and Use a Code Module from the Command Line

Problem

You need to do one or more of the following:

• Improve your application's performance and memory efficiency by ensuring the runtime loads rarely used types only when they are required.

• Compile types written in VB .NET to a form you can build into assemblies being developed in other .NET languages.

• Use types developed in another language and build them into your VB .NET assemblies.

Solution

Build your VB .NET source code into a module by using the command-line compiler and specifying the /target:module compiler switch. To incorporate existing modules into your assembly, use the /addmodule compiler switch.

How It Works

Modules are the building blocks of .NET assemblies and should not ...