How to find out how libraries work together?

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Published on 2010-06-01T18:23:07Z Indexed on 2010/06/01 18:23 UTC
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I'm tasked to replicate a few functionnalities from an existing application. This application rely on .NET managed assemblies accessible from C#. I can import those DLLs in my new C# project but there is no documentation on how to use them.

Yes, this is labeled as an "SDK", but does not contain examples or documentation. Any pointers on how I should procceed?

I thought about creating stubs assemblies and monitor their usage by the original application but this involves a lot of code, maybe a tool could do it for me?

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