Hi, I'm currently working on a project where we have a lot of dependencies. I would like to compile all the referenced dll's into the .exe much like you would do with embedded resources. I have tried ILMerge but it can't handle .xaml resources.
So my question is: Is there a way to merge a WPF project with multiple dependencies into a single .exe?
.NET reactor has the feature of merging the assemblies and its not very expensive.
This page on MSDN says you should be able to use ilmerge. Not Done it myself though.
This doesn't work because ILMerge doesn't know how to fixup the BAML to point to the correct references. Newer commercial apps might be BAML aware though.
{smartassembly} is the BEST ever product. It can obsfucate or embedd your dlls.
Try this: http://www.smartassembly.com/
You can also do a lot of improvings on your application so it will run faster.
And yes. You can use it for WPF.