EmbedMe.cs

EmbedMe.cs

using System;
using System.Reflection;

// this is a simple C# program that 
// has another C# program (exe/dll)
// embedded in it
namespace Brunt
{

    public class Brunt
    {

        // name of the assembly
        // typically in Namespace.Classname format
        public string TargetAssemblyName = "CustomHelper.CustomHelper";

        // name of the method to call
        // should probably be static and take no params
        public string TargetMethodName = "Launch";

        public Brunt()
        {
            StartApp();
        }

        [STAThread]
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            new Brunt();
        }

        public static void Execute()
        {
            new Brunt();
        }

        // the first third of the base64 encoded dll/exe
        private string GetFirst()
        {
            return "";
        }


        // the second third of the base64 encoded dll/exe
        private string GetSecond()
        {
            return "";
        }

        // the final third of the base64 encoded dll/exe
        private string GetThird()
        {
            return "";
        }

        // just combine three sections into one 
        // and base64 decode them into a byte array
        private byte[] Collab(string first, string second, string third)
        {
            string together = first + second + third;
            return Convert.FromBase64String(together);
        }

        public void StartApp()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Starting..");
            string first = GetFirst();
            Console.WriteLine("Starting...");
            string second = GetSecond();
            Console.WriteLine("Starting....");
            string third = GetThird();
            Console.WriteLine("Building app");

            // concat the separated b64 encoded portions of the dll
            // and decode them
            byte[] myapp = Collab(first, second, third);
            Console.WriteLine("Loading app");
            Assembly a = Assembly.Load(myapp);
            Type myType = a.GetType(TargetAssemblyName);
            MethodInfo myMethod = myType.GetMethod(TargetMethodName);

            Console.WriteLine(myMethod);
            object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(myType);

            Console.WriteLine("Triggering app");

            // Execute the method.
            myMethod.Invoke(obj, null);
        }
    }
}