How to compile a project into a single .exe file?

Question

C++ / C#

Hello, I use Visual Studio 2008. A third-party .dll library is connected to the project, can I somehow compile the entire project so that everything is one .exe file? Thanks in advance for your reply!

Answer 1

Maybe this will work: Build a Visual Studio project into a single file using...

Answer 2

There is a suspicion that if you yourself did not collect the DLL from the sources, it will not work. DLL - dynamic lib, there is also *.lib - static lib. And it is they that allow you to add code from them to executable files. Although, there may be solutions for .NET, there is its own "magic" with the DLL ...

Answer 3

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3bka19x4(...

Answer 4

If the project has a third-party dll, then without it it will not be possible to launch the project with one executable.