TechCohere - Explore C# Assembly by using ildasm.exe

As we know any C# application converts into MSIL( Microsoft Intermediate Language) which is stored as assembly. Sometimes we might require to analyses this MSIL code that means we have to read the Assembly content. By using ildasm.exe tool which is part of Visual Studio framework helps you to explore the assembly code.

Write simple C# console application as shown below.

using System;

namespace CsharpApplication

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Console.WriteLine("This is the example to explore ildasm.exe");

Console.ReadLine();

}

Build the application to generate the assembly. After build go to bin folder of Debug or Release folders, you can find CsharpApplication.vshost.exe file.

Now execute ildasm.exe in Microsoft Visual Studio Command Prompt as shown below.