How to compile/buildar a DLL?

Question

I made a program in C# in Visual Studio 2017, but by default, when I compile the code, it creates a file .exe, but I would like the code to compile a file .dll. How can I do that?

Example:

I created a program called ccleaner.

When I squeeze CTRL + SHIFT + B (command to compile the project), it creates an executable in the following directory:

C:\Visual Studio 2017\Projects\ccleaner\ccleaner\bin\Debug\ccleaner.exe

But what I want to create is:

C:\Visual Studio 2017\Projects\ccleaner\ccleaner\bin\Debug\ccleaner.dll

Answer 1

You need to create a Classlibrary-like project

in an existing project, you can change the output type in the project property:

and yes, when compiling, a dll will be generated