What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?
Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback
Answer / madhuri
EXE file is a excutable file which runs in a seperate
process which is managed by OS,where as a DLL file is a
dynamic link library which can be used in exe files and
other dll files.
In .net frame work both are assemblies.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 118 Yes | 7 No |
Answer / sivaprasad
DLL:
1)it has versioning
2)it is not self executable
3)it runs in application process memory
4)it has no entry point
5)it is reusable
Exe:
1)it is self executable
2)it has no versioning
3)it runs in own memory
4)it have main function(Entry point)
5)it is self executable
Note:DLL is Superset of Exe
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 95 Yes | 6 No |
Answer / selvavelan.s
EXE file has Entry point, but in dll no Entry point.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 67 Yes | 9 No |
Answer / govardhan
EXE is a Self Executable File where as dll is not self
executable file,To run dll file we need a exe file
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 62 Yes | 7 No |
Answer / apekshit sharma
The full form of EXE is Executable file and DLL is Dynamic
Link Library.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 59 Yes | 16 No |
Answer / shahid
DLL:
1)it has versioning
2)it is not self executable
3)it runs in application process memory
4)it has no entry point
5)it is reusable
6)Out Process Server
Exe:
1)it is self executable
2)it has no versioning
3)it runs in own memory
4)it have main function(Entry point)
5)it is self executable
6) In Process Server
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 35 Yes | 5 No |
Answer / ravindra singh moyal
The full form of EXE is Executable file and DLL is Dynamic
Link Library.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 29 Yes | 6 No |
Answer / ramakanth
Exe....is self executable
dll....is not self executable.it uses another dll or exe to
execute
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 25 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / debmalya kundu
DLL:
1)it has versioning
2)it is not self executable
3)it runs in application process memory
4)it has no entry point
5)it is reusable
Exe:
1)it is self executable
2)it has no versioning
3)it runs in own memory
4)it have main function(Entry point)
5)it is self executable
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 13 Yes | 0 No |
Dataset is the disconnected environment. suppose if you are binding records to gridview (disconnected environment) and you are making changes to the the grid but before updating the database if any other user modify the data, how will you avoid such problem?
How we implement web farm and web garden concept in asp.net?
How can we prevent an aspx page get refreshed when any information fetch from the database ?
Briefly describe the role of global.asax?
How to store checkbox value in database in asp.net mvc? : Asp.Net MVC
What language does asp.net use?
hi i am varinder. i am very eager to learn ASP.net in C#. i am beginer to it. i have refer some books but i found it tuff to understand. their language is tuff. So please tell me the best site or best book to learn ASP.net in C#. i will be very thankful. Varinder
How to implement form based authentication in asp.net application?
What?s the difference between Response.Write() andResponse.Output.Write()?
What is a web server? What are the load limits in it?
How does cookies work in asp net?
Types of authentications in ASP.NET ?
9 Answers Accenture, Roland, Shriram,
Visual Basic (800)
C Sharp (3816)
ASP.NET (3180)
VB.NET (461)
COM+ (79)
ADO.NET (717)
IIS (369)
MTS (11)
Crystal Reports (81)
BizTalk (89)
Dot Net (2435)
Exchange Server (362)
SharePoint (720)
WCF (340)
MS Office Microsoft (6963)
LINQ Language-Integrated Query (317)
WPF (371)
TypeScript (144)
Microsoft Related AllOther (311)