Turn ReportGenerator into a single EXE with no dependent assemblies. about reportgenerator HOT 3 CLOSED

If ReportGenerator.Core.dll and ReportGenerator.Reporting.dll are embedded into ReportGenerator.exe, then it will no longer be possible to add a reference to those projects in a third party solution.
This would make it harder/impossible to create custom report plugins.
Therefore I will not combine everything into a single executable.

I don't think that several DLLs are a big issue. If done right, a build server restores the Nuget package of ReportGenerator and calls ReportGenerator.exe to create the report. It does not matter if there are several files in the package directory.

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If this is really something you want, you should consider ILMerge. You will be able to support both scenario's (one exe to publish, and still a seperate dll for plugins).

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/mbarnett/ilmerge.aspx

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I don't want to merge everything into a single EXE. I think 99% can handle several files.

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