ILMerge issue error code 1

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Jogn Smith picture Jogn Smith · Apr 12, 2012 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

I was made aware that ilmerge is a console application but when I run it, it runs for one second then closes. So below is the pre-build code I'm trying to use and it's giving this issue.

Error   1   The command "ilmerge /out:F:\Users\Tom\Desktop\New folder\project\bin\Release\SkypePWN4G-1.5.5.0.exe F:\Users\Tom\Desktop\New folder\project\bin\Release\SkypePWN4G-1.5.5.0.exe F:\Users\Tom\Desktop\New folder\project\bin\Release\JSNet.dll F:\Users\Tom\Desktop\New folder\project\bin\Release\NAudio.dll" exited with code 1.   Pwnage

Pre-build code:

ilmerge /out:$(TargetDir)SkypePWN4G-1.5.5.0.exe $(TargetPath) $(TargetDir)JSNet.dll $(TargetDir)NAudio.dll

Answer

Dan Busha picture Dan Busha · Apr 12, 2012

Here are a couple of suggestions:

  1. Run ILMerge with the /log flag for more information
  2. If you are running this as part of your build process, I believe your build actions should be post build actions, not pre-build actions
  3. Try another tool like Costura. Costura has the added benefit of being able to merge dlls into WPF applications.

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