Generating MSIL from an assembly

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Shamrock - 20 Dec 2004 16:55 GMT

Hey All

Just wondering if anybody would have any resources about generating MSIL
from an assembly. Essentially what I am looking for is resources that
explain, or show, how disassemblers like ildasm work. Not how to use them,
but how they actually generate the human readable MSIL from an assembly.

Any links/examples/etc appreciated.

S.

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Mattias Sj?gren - 20 Dec 2004 17:52 GMT

>Essentially what I am looking for is resources that
>explain, or show, how disassemblers like ildasm work.

The source code for ILDASM is available in Rotor.
http://www.msdn.com/net/sscli/

I believe Mono includes a disassembler as well.
http://mono-project.com

All you really have to do is to read and understand the file format
and metadata storage, which is specified in the CLI ECMA standard.
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/ecma-335.htm

Mattias

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Shamrock - 20 Dec 2004 22:30 GMT

Thanks Mattias

"Mattias Sjögren" wrote:

> >Essentially what I am looking for is resources that
> >explain, or show, how disassemblers like ildasm work.
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> Mattias

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