❔ how to reference all dlls in separate folder such as "bin" or "lib"
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visual studio 2022
<Reference Include="lib/*.dll" /> i guess?are you consuming libraries that aren't available on nuget or something?
@Yorki
I used costura fody
To bundle all DLLs into one
so I only got one dll I got to reference
@jcotton42
is that not automatic?
also, there's native stuff for this now
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tried the native stuff but it created a folder full of dlls
did you publish or just build?
$singlefile
dotnet publish -c Release -r <runtime identifier> -p:PublishSingleFile=true
Use of -r|--runtime implies --self-contained true. Add --self-contained false to publish as runtime-dependent.
-r RID and -p:PublishSingleFile=true can be moved to .csproj as the following properties:but to target multiple RIDs, you have to use dotnet publish with the -r option for each RID.
You can also add -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true to include native libraries (like Common Language Runtime dlls) in the output executable.
You might want to instead publish your application compiled Ahead Of Time to native code, see $nativeaot for examples.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/single-file
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/rid-catalog
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-publishCreate a single file for application deployment - .NET
Learn what single file application is and why you should consider using this application deployment model.
.NET Runtime Identifier (RID) catalog
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build
Yea it created a file with even more dlls
that's why
it only affects publish
Oh
I've never published
How do you publish
read the blurb that @MODiX spat out
What are the differences between publish and release
Either way how do I put them all in a bin file is my question
release is a configuration you can build or publish in
they're orthogonal
like the dll
that's what singlefile publish is for
Oh ok
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