Appendix B: Resource Tools
The .NET Framework SDK includes several useful tools for working with resources and for examining the assemblies that contain them.
| Assembly Binding Log Viewer (Fuslogvw.exe) | Windows-based tool for examining assembly and resource bind requests. |
| Assembly Linker (Al.exe) | Assembly Generation tool for creating assembly manifests, satellite assemblies, and working with the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). |
| Linking and Embedding Options | Linking and embedding options provided by Assembly Linker Tool (AL), Visual C#, and Visual Basic compilers. |
| MSIL Disassembler (Ildasm.exe) | Windows-based tool for examining the manifest (containing metadata) and MSIL code inside assemblies. |
| Resource Editor (RESEDITOR) | Windows-based resource editor to create .resx and .resources files containing both string and image resources. |
| Resource File Generator (Resgen.exe) | Console utility to convert text files and .resx files into binary .resources files. |
| ResX Generator (RESXGEN) | Console utility to convert image files into XML-formatter .resx files. |
| Windows Forms Resource Editor (Winres.exe) | Windows-based resource editor to help localize resources for multiple cultures. |
See .NET Framework Tools for additional documentation on these and other .NET Framework SDK tools.