30 January 2019

We learned about Common Intermediate Language (CIL), IL Disassembler (ILDASM.exe), IL Assembler (ILASM.exe), Class Constructors, default Constructor

More topics covered:

• Adding ILDASM to Visual Studio 2017 Tools menu
• Investigating our .NET class code using ILDASM
• ctor key-word
• Creating few ctors in the same class
• Debug/Release configuration
• Bin/Debug + Bin/Release folders
• Creating auto generated constructor in Visual Studio 2017
• Command Prompt (CMD)
• Running our Console Application using the  Command Prompt
• Users: guest, user, administrator
• Converting executable .net file  (.exe) to Intermediate Language (IL) using ildasm.exe
• Modifying Intermediate Language (IL) code using notepad
• Converting Intermediate Language (IL) back to executable .net file  (.exe) using ilasm.exe, and run it again

Links:

• • Class code: using ctors in our application
  • Some IL shortcuts
  • Lesson Summary Video
  • Home Work!
  • Common Intermediate Language (CIL) commands + architecture by ECMA
  • List of Common Intermediate Language (CIL) commands – MSDN
  • Common Intermediate Language (CIL) – Recommended book [Apress]
  • List of Common Intermediate Language (CIL) commands – wikipedia