This tool is used to view assembly. The ILDASM converts the whole exe or dll into IL code. This tool is included in the .net SDK and used to view the information that is there in the assembly. This basically converts the whole exe and the dll that an application have and then converts into Intermediate code. The location where you can find this tool is as follows:

“\Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2005\ SDK\v2.0\Bin\ildasm.exe”

Steps to use ILDASM

Step1:- Pick the ILDASM.exe from the path specified above

Step2:- Click on the ILDASm.exe and this will popup with an ILDASM program.

Step3:- Click on file and the open and pick the exe or dll which you want to view. This will display the IL code of the exe or dll.

Note:- After step 3, you are able to view a tree structure that will display the information about the dll or exe .

Step4:- On double click on the “MANIFEST” node, we are able to view the details of the Assembly, internal IL code.

Manifest View

Step5:- Click on the other nodes or namespaces that are at the top of the hierarchy.

Step6:- Further you can view the internals by clicking on the sub nodes. Here I am clicking on the fxTest1: void ()

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