ILLINK – Microsoft (R) .NET Framework IL Linker

ILLINK – Microsoft (R) .NET Framework IL Linker

The ILLINK utility is intended for linking multiple managed modules or assemblies into a single module or assembly. The utility relies on round-tripping using the ILASM and ILDASM utilities and is not able to link the modules containing embedded native code. Only pure-IL modules, such as those generated by C#, VB.NET or ILASM compilers, can be linked.

The general principle of the ILLINK functioning is the corrective round-tripping. The modules being linked are disassembled into IL Assembly language source text, the text is processed and then re-assembled into a single module.