Msiler: CIL (MSIL) Code Viewer

Msiler for VS2017 can be found here

Simple configurable CIL (MSIL) code viewer extension for Visual Studio 2012/2013/2015

Usage

Open tool window using menu item "Tools â–¶ Msiler: MSIL Code Viewer" and build/rebuild project.

Changelog

Detailed version history

Msiler 2.1.1

• Bug fixed: follow mode did not work with nested types
• Bug fixed: follow mode did not work with methods which has multidimensional array parameters

Msiler 2.1

• Visual Studio 2012 support (.NET framework 4.5 required anyway)
• PDB files processing
• Follow mode: listing will be updated when editor caret position is changed
• "Show instruction bytes" option
• Show number in different bases with tooltip
• Added IL Instructions Help window
• Introducted bytecode caching, should improve performance
• Bug fixed: parameters of non-static methods not handling correctly
• Bug fixed: numbers highlighting fix

Msiler 2.0

• Copy listing feature (CTRL+C or from context menu)
• Implemented proper Visual Studio color theme detection (dark or light)
• Implemented options dialog page with some extension options
• Numbers highlighting (includes HEX values)
• String highlighting (with ldstr OpCode)
• Built-in types highlighting (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ya5y69ds.aspx)
• Display simple documentation and options/github links when solution is not opened or project is not built
• Show parameters list after function name in method list
• Removed generic indicator (like `1) from type name part
• Bug fixed: when no solution project(s) files is opened, extension throw an exception. Now, active startup project will be disassembled.
• Bug fixed: bytecode listing does not shown after unloading and rebuilding project without any changes
• Bug fixed: bytecode listing is not updated between solution change/reopen
• Bug fixed: overloaded functions shown same listing
• Performance: check assembly last write date instead of MD5 hash

Msiler 1.1

• Visual Studio 2015 support (was tested in RC version)
• Hide nop instructions feature
• Clear processed data on solution unload
• Process asembly only if Msiler tool window is visible
• Do not reanalyse data if output assembly was not changed
• Simple function names instead of full signatures
• Other fixes and optimizations

Msiler 1.0

• First version

License

The MIT License (MIT)

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