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I would like to compare several dlls of one install to several dlls of another install of the application I'm working with. I need to ensure they are exact same. How do I compare two dlls to ensure they have the exact same methods, properties, version, etc?
I've started to use RedGate .Net Reflector, but the task became tedious so I thought I'd give SO a shot, see if anyone else has been in my situation before and has a quick solution.
Thank you!
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You can make use of the System. Reflection library to get the information about any assembly. The property you're looking for is Version property of the AssemblyName class. For more details check out this MSDN article.
To compare files in the Folder Compare like in the file viewers: In the Folder Compare, select Session | Session Settings and pick the Comparison tab. Enable the Compare contents option and make sure Rules-based comparison is enabled.
To view DLL propertiesSelect the desired DLL and right-click the file. Click Properties and Version.
I'm assuming that you can't rely on the assembly versioning to answer this.
A quick search on google turned up this post by Scott Hanselman that points to several tools that may solve your problem.
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I use WinMerge all the time to do this task. You can even compare entire directories. This is of course if you just need to know if they're the same, since it won't show you any code.
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