Code Compiler (C#)
Posted by Anonymous on Thu 25th Nov 2010 18:06
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.CodeDom.Compiler;
using System.Reflection;
using Microsoft.CSharp;

namespace FUDBuilder
{
    public partial class frmMain : Form
    {
        CSharpCodeProvider compiler = new CSharpCodeProvider();

        public frmMain()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void frmMain_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // some sample code that shows a message box
            string code = "using System; using System.Windows.Forms;\nnamespace TestCode { class TestClass { static void Main() { MessageBox.Show(\"Hello, runtime compiled world!\"); } } }";
            Compile(code, "compiled.exe");
        }

        private void Compile(string code, string fileName)
        {
            CompilerParameters cparams = new CompilerParameters();
            cparams.GenerateExecutable = true;                  // we want to build an EXE
            cparams.GenerateInMemory = false;                   // don't generate this in memory
            cparams.OutputAssembly = fileName;                  // set the output file name
            cparams.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.dll");
            cparams.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.Windows.Forms.dll");
            cparams.CompilerOptions = "/optimize /target:winexe";    // optimise and set the target to a WinForms application (change to /target:exe if you want console)
            // compile
            CompilerResults result = compiler.CompileAssemblyFromSource(cparams, code);
            // if there are errors in the code, tell the user
            foreach (CompilerError error in result.Errors)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Line {0}: Error {1} - {2}", error.Line, error.ErrorNumber, error.ErrorText));
            }
        }
    }
}