Is it possible to extract the header from a DLL? If so, how?

Question

It is possible to extract header of a dll? Is this practice possible? If so, how can I?

Answer 1

If you are using C#, use the class FileVersionInfo:

myFileVersionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo("dll-alvo.dll");

Instance properties expose compilation details - for example CompanyName, ProductName and ProductVersion.

To extract classes from a data Assembly, you will need to use Reflection:

Assembly assembly = Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom("dll-alvo.dll");

foreach (Type tc in assembly .GetTypes())
{
    Console.WriteLine(tc.FullName);
}

And finally listing all methods of a given class:

    foreach (Type tc in assembly .GetTypes())
        {
            if (tc.IsAbstract)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Abstract Class : " + tc.Name);
            }
            else if (tc.IsPublic)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Public Class : " + tc.Name);
            }
            else if (tc.IsSealed)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Sealed Class : " + tc.Name);
            }  

            //Obtém lista de nomes de métodos
            MemberInfo[] methodName = tc.GetMethods();

            foreach (MemberInfo method in methodName)
            {
                if (method.ReflectedType.IsPublic)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Método público : " + method.Name.ToString());
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Método não público : " + method.Name.ToString());
                }
            }
        }

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