how to ad more features in a dll file(like jar file in java)

I am trying to creating a chat application in windows phone 8.1 using xmpp and openfire server in visual studio 2013 updated 4.I l.For xmpp connection to servr i used these dll

.phonesocketserver.dll

.phone.xmpp.dll

For my chat application i want use more specifications like file upload,downlod,camera,mp3 etc.for adding this features ,shuld i add all dll of these or its source code?

1.what is the diffrence between adding just dll file and adding source code of that particular dll?

2.How can we add more features in to dll source code?

3.Is there any thing like JAR file in .NET??

4.NuGet is something like that?

please help me..

If you are going to provide solutions, updates and more features to your clients, never end up the programming session and always hold the source code for that application to yourself!

1. A dll is just the package file, that you can transfer to other applications and services. If you consider the package to be complete. If the package is not complete, adding a dll may not be a good way of doing anything. You may want to edit the source code again.

2. The dll is compiled for the source code that we are having. You can add more code and features to those namespaces and classes and then re-build the projects to compile a new dll file. The new dll will hold the new services.

3. No. Jar is a concept in Java, the Jar in Java and DLL in .NET are same. Both are linked to the applications dynamically.

4. NuGet is just the online story for .DLL packages (actually known as NuGet packages). You can transfer your own DLL packages to NuGet store and users would download them on their devices by executing a NuGet command.

I hope, I have answered your question with these. :-)

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan11y ago
If you are going to provide solutions, updates and more features to your clients, never end up the programming session and always hold the source code for that application to yourself!

1. A dll is just the package file, that you can transfer to other applications and services. If you consider the package to be complete. If the package is not complete, adding a dll may not be a good way of doing anything. You may want to edit the source code again.

2. The dll is compiled for the source code that we are having. You can add more code and features to those namespaces and classes and then re-build the projects to compile a new dll file. The new dll will hold the new services.

3. No. Jar is a concept in Java, the Jar in Java and DLL in .NET are same. Both are linked to the applications dynamically.

4. NuGet is just the online story for .DLL packages (actually known as NuGet packages). You can transfer your own DLL packages to NuGet store and users would download them on their devices by executing a NuGet command.

I hope, I have answered your question with these. :-)