I am using Visual Studio 2019 to build a C# Forms application. When publishing an .exe file from a Console application, I have the option to include all the .dll files into the .exe, meaning that users of my application only need to download one file. However, when publishing an .exe from a Forms application, I'm forced to include all of these .dll files independently:
If you don't already have a publishing profile, follow the instructions to create one and choose the Folder target-type.
Choose Edit.
In the Profile settings dialog, set the following options:
- Set Deployment mode to Self-contained or Framework-dependent.
- Set Target runtime to the platform you want to publish to. (Must be something other than Portable.)
- Select Produce single file.
Choose Save to save the settings and return to the Publish dialog.
Choose Publish to publish your app as a single file.
For more information, see Visual Studio Docs: Single file deployment and executable.
Duplicate of Embedding DLLs in a compiled executable
CodePudding user response：
I don't think compile all files into one is a good idea. If you want to have single file for downloading, you can package them into a self-extract zip format (winRAR, winzip or 7zip). Good luck~~