[RESOLVED] Commonly used functions help

[FreeBullets]

I'm taking a class in VB, so I have numerous projects. I have a lot of useful functions and code, and I'd like for them to all be included in on piece of code that all my projects can use. The problem with DLLs is that when I build, the EXE needs the DLL to be in the same folder. I want a standalone EXE file. Is there any way I can have a DLL in a different folder than the EXE and still use it? Or is there some better solution to having useful code somewhere so when I update that code, it will affect all of my projects?

Sorry if that was hard to read. It was hard to put it into words.

[jmcilhinney]

Why is it a problem to distribute the DLL with your EXEs? Most applications have DLLs they depend on. You can install your DLL in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) so that multiple applications can use the one instance but you'd still have to distribute the DLL with every application.

I guess your best option if you're determined to have a single EXE is to use the ILMerge tool from MS, which wil merge multiple assemblies into one. In that case you would build your DLL as normal, then reference it form your application as normal, but before you deploy you'd run ILMerge to create a single assembly and then deploy that.

[FreeBullets]

well, I guess I can deal with 1 DLL