RedGate Reflector to recover source code from .net assembly

Question

Quick question.

Can I recover a lost .cs file using RedGate Reflector ?

My assembly is a debug version

Answer 1

If you open .NET assembly in Reflector, you should be able to switch which language Reflector uses to display the code e.g. IL, VB.NET, C#. There is a dropdown list on the UI menu bar with this selection of languages.

As long as you have all the required external libraries and references, you should be able to copy the C# code form Reflector and try to rebuild it.

Answer 2

To make it a little more simple to get the IL code back into a file you should check out this Reflector Add-in.

More add-ins for Reflector can be found here.