Archived:Create and Call a .NET Assembly with Visual Studio 2008

Updated Apr 29, 2024

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Environment

Programming Language

  • C# .NET
  • Visual Basic .NET

I am working with Visual Studio 2008 and I want to create a VB .NET Assembly and call it from another VB .NET project. How can this be done?

Follow these steps to create and call a .NET assembly with Visual Studio 2008:

Create the Assembly:
  1. Select File » New » Project from the menu.
  2. Select Class Library from the template menu.
  3. Type the following code in the .vb file:
  4. Select Build Solution from the Build menu.
  5. Once the DLL is created, copy and paste it in the C:\ directory.
Call the Assembly:
  1. Select File » New » Project from the menu.
  2. Select Console Application from the template menu.
  3. Type the following code in the .vb file:
  4. You now will be able to build and execute this code.

Attachments

VS2008 Source Code Assembly.zip

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