This tool is used to convert the PE file which contains the
Microsoft Intermediate Language into a text file, which can be use as input to
the Ilasm.exe tool.
The syntax for using this tool is:
ildasm [options] [PEfilename] [options]
These are some important options available with the tool
Ildasam.exe tool to generate the MSIL code.
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Option
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Description
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/output=filename
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This option is used to generate the MSIL file with a
specific filename given.
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/rtf
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This option produces the output in the rich text format.
This is new option is available in .Net Framework 2.0
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/text
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This option displays the MSIL code in the console window
instead of a file so that we can watch the msil code in the immediate window.
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/html
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This option produces the ouput in html format using the
output:filename option set.
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/?
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This displays the set of options available with the tool.
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/bytes
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It shows the msil code as a hexadecimal code which is easy
to view.
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/noca
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This option suppresses the output of custom attributes.
This is new in .Net framework 2.0
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/pubonly
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Using this option we can disassemble only the public
members.
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/source
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This option shows original lines of code in comments along
with msil which can be easily readable.
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/visibility:vis[+vis...]
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Disassembles only types or members with the specified
visibility.
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/classlist
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Includes the list of classes defined in the module. This
is new in .net framework 2.0.
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/noil
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Suppresses MSIL assembly code output.
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/stats
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Includes statistics on the image.
New in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
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Ildasm.exe only operates on PE files on disk. It does not
operate on files installed in the global assembly cache.
Example 1: To generate the MSIL of .dll in a given file:
ildasm "C:\Documents and Settings\suresh\My
Documents\Visual Studio Projects\Samples\TestClassLibrary\bin\Debug\TestClassLibrary.dll"
/output:mytestfile.il
Example 2: To generate the MSIL using actual source as
comments:
ildasm /source "C:\Documents and Settings\suresh\My
Documents\Visual Studio Projects\Samples\TestClassLibrary\bin\Debug\TestClassLibrary.dll"
Example 3: To generate the source code in graphical
representation:
ildasm /bytes "C:\Documents and Settings\suresh\My
Documents\Visual Studio
Projects\Samples\TestClassLibrary\bin\Debug\TestClassLibrary.dll"
Example 4: To generate a msil out of an .exe:
ildasm Test.exe /output:Test.il
