Hiding the contents of your compiled Applications (.exe, .dll). C# code

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Published on 2010-01-24T23:49:30Z Indexed on 2010/05/29 5:32 UTC
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Well, as we all know, you can decompile C# (dll) assemblies to find what code lays inside of them. What I do not know, is how i can hide that code.

The issue: I'd like to release some dll's that will add extra functionality to applications, but i thats all i want them to be used for. adding functionality to applications. I dont want others knowing the real source code behind it.

Let me know if its possible to do that. Thanks!

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