Initialize library on Assembly load

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Yes there is – sort of.

Use the excellent little utility by by Einar Egilsson, InjectModuleInitializer.

Run this executable as a post build step to create a small .cctor function (the module initializer function) that calls a static void function of yours that takes no parameters. It would be nice if compiler gave us the ability to create .cctor(), luckily we rarely need this capability.

This is not a complete DllMain replacement, however. The CLR only calls this .cctor function prior to any methods called in your assembly, not upon assembly load. So, if you need something to happen upon assembly load, you need to have the loading code call a method directly or use the hack I detailed https://stackoverflow.com/a/9745422/240845

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