Intermediate Language Disassembler (ildasm)

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The MSIL, becoming more commonly referred to as CIL (Common Intermediate Language) Disassembler (ildasm) is a companion tool for the Intermediate Language Assembler (ilasm). If using MS Visual Studio it can be found in Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin

This disasembler allows you to see the inner workings of your application allowing you to find out where you can optimize your code. Ildasm.exe can open one of the four PE (Portable Executable) file types:

These PE files contain three main pieces of information

• CIL instructions
• Metadata
• Assembly Manifest information

MSDN references

• An In-Depth Look into the Win32 Portable Executable File Format
• Assembly Manifest