Convert dll to csproj ou sln

Question

I work on a existing ASP.NET MVC project. The solution uses the FluentNHibernate component(v 1.0.0).

Someone in the former team (solution was MVC2) that worked on it mod

Answer 1

If your dll has be created in .NET langage (C# / Vb.NET), it can be decompiled with some tools, like JetBrains dotPeek or Telerik JustDecompile. These tools can make all C# files and project file from a dll (or a exe).

Be carefull if your dll/exe has been obfuscated, the result code will be hardly readable (you'll have to use rename a lot).

In dotPeek and JustDecompile, right click on loaded dll, and choose "Create Project" (or "Export to project"). You'll get all C# files (or vb.net) and project file.

In some case, one of these tools will not be able to decompile. You can test another tools, it can work ...