.net equivilant of jar and src

[tim.deboer@imowa.com.au]

Hi all

Just wondering whether someone could help me make sense of .net libraries for me. I am an old timer java programmer who understands that when you add a 3rd party library you add a .jar and a .src file. Are there any good references for explaining (or would you pls take the time to explain :)) how this relates to adding libraries in .NET. So far it seems if you want the source you need to add a whole project and class library to .NET (I want a new machine but for now am stuck with a 1G P4 and am going quietly insane!)

Thanks in advance

Tucky

[HanneSThEGreaT]

You can think of the project's Assembly as the equivalent of a .jar file.

Here is a nice explanation of c# vs Java :
http://www.csharphelp.com/archives/archive10.html

[tim.deboer@imowa.com.au]

Nice link. Will read it now.

Thanks Hannes. You surely are great!

[tim.deboer@imowa.com.au]

Ok. So having read the nice explanation of c# vs Java I'm happy that I should be able to find a nice .msi file for this .NET csvreader i want to use. Two questions:

Firstly, does the .msi file have the concept of a .src attachment which can be used to navigate to (not just debug) the source of the file.

Secondly, why does the binary download at http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/CsvReader.aspx only have a dll, xml and pdb file. Should I not be getting a .msi file from them?

Thanks again