(VB.NET) Making my program generate an exe?

[Vipervgts]

I'm trying to make a program that you can customize, and have it generate an exe from it. For example, I want a program that has an email address textbox and an email password textbox, if you click the generate button, it will make an exe that has source code that will use the email and email pass that you entered from before.

 

[randomizer]

For example, I want a program that has an email address textbox and an email password textbox, if you click the generate button, it will make an exe that has source code that will use the email and email pass that you entered from before.

And do what with it? You have a strange requirement. I can think of some awful ways of doing something like this but honestly I can't see why you would want to do this anyway.

This sounds like an XY Problem.

I suggest you expand on what you are really trying to do, and leave off this minor implementation detail.

 

[Vipervgts]

I'm trying to make somewhat of an email system. My idea is to have a screen open that asks for a email address and password for it then hit generate and have it generate an exe with a program in it that uses the email and pass to make it send and receive emails.

 

[Ijack]

That's sounds like a very complicated solution to a very simple problem. Why on earth would you create a new program for each email address? It's a bit like creating a new web browser for every web page you want to access.

 

[Vipervgts]

I know its weird, but if anyone could help me i would really appreciate it.

 

[randomizer]

Why not just make the second program have the exact same email address and password prompt and run with whatever is input? You seem to be trying to design the most over-complicated solution possible and for no apparent reason.

Whether or not you can do what you want in a "clean" (read: extremely bad but not horrendously bad) way depends on your development environment. What compiler and language are you using to do all this?

 

[Ijack]

Oh well. Here's how to compile a Visual Basic program from a command prompt: http/msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/380cz5k4(v=vs.80).aspx

Take it from there.