How to get the source code from a last successful build

Question

I was wondering if there was a way that I could snag the source code from the last successful build of a C# project in visual studio. The last build works just fine when I run it, but the current code doesn't work at all. Any way to do this?

Answer 1

If you are not using any central code repository (VSS, SVN etc) then you can see this link for more information on how to decomile a dll. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/05b3cf5d-ead3-4274-88f5-6e8cbda8e8d8/decompiling-a-dll-file-to-view-source-code?forum=msbuild

Answer 2

You can use a Reflection tool. Some options are:

http://ilspy.net/

http://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/

Answer 3

在工作的dll（例如http://www.ilspy.net/）上使用反编译器，它可能不完全相同，但应足够接近以提供深入的了解

Answer 4

Every time you build your solution, the source file in your "Visual Studio / Projects / Your project / Your project" folder will be created (or overwritten) with a .cs extension. If you want to get the code as a string, you could simply run your app and use a StremReader object to do the work.

//...
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(/*the source path*/);
txtSourceCode.Text = sr.ReadToEnd();
sr.Close();
sr.Dispose();
//...