Someone recommend a dll reader.

[NuclearNed]

I need a program that will do two things:

1. tell me the names of the functions inside a dll
2. tell me the names and/or data types of the parameters used by the dll's functions.

Can anyone recommend a program that does this? I have downloaded a few, but I've never been able to get the information I need from them *COUGH* couldn't figure them out *COUGH*. The simpler the program, the better.

I have some dll's that were written by my company a long time ago, and I don't have any documentation for them. I need to figure out how to call some of the functions contained therein.

Thanks,
Ned

 

[WannaFly]

Load 'em up into an IDE (VS.NET) and make a reference to them, the intellisense should tell you this information.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: WannaFly
Load 'em up into an IDE (VS.NET) and make a reference to them, the intellisense should tell you this information.

Great freakin' idea - I wish I had thought of that. I'll give it a try.

 

[NuclearNed]

OK - I thought I knew how to do what WannaFly suggested, but I apparently don't. Does anyone care to give me simple instructions, using words of only two syllables or fewer?

 

[oog]

why not use dumpbin /exports?

 

[FrustratedUser]

I like to know this too.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: WannaFly
Load 'em up into an IDE (VS.NET) and make a reference to them, the intellisense should tell you this information.

It seems like this works only if you are trying to read a dll that has been compiled into MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language). What I am trying to do is ready any dll, particularly ones that are non-MSIL. Does anyone have any more ideas or recommendations? Or if you know how to do what WannaFly has suggested on a non-MSIL, please tell me.