D.9 Type Library Exporter (tlbexp.exe)

Type library exporter and importer are the two tools necessary for COM interop. The exporter generates a type library for a .NET Framework assembly so that other COM components can interop with .NET components. The general syntax for tlbexp.exe is:

tlbexp AssemblyName [options]

Table D-9 shows some of the common uses of tlbexp.exe.

Table D-9. Type Library Exporter common uses

Option	Description
/nologo	This option suppresses the logo of the tlbexp executable.
/out:filename	filename is the name of the type library file.
/silent	This option suppresses all messages from the tlbexp executable.
/verbose	This option displays extra information while converting the component.
/? or /help	This option displays the help information for the tool.