Class Library to .exe

I have a class library VB.NET project that works exactly how I want it to. The only thing I want now is to have the program be able to be opened via an .exe for client use.

How do I go about this, since I do not think that Class Library projects can be made into an .exe?

I also need a way to be able to open the project via a command line and be able to read parameters; currently the project does not have any Main as it is not needed for a Class Library.

I have attempted this before (by switching it into a Console Application) and adding a Main but that had failed me.

Anyone have any tutorial or advice? I ask this because I have even tried changing the project to Console Application and building a Main yet the Main never executes. This happens even after building a "main" VB.NET module that just contains the Main(), yet that never fires too.

I haven't used VB since VB6, but with VB6 you could write a "wrapper" exe that encapsulated your class. You could also make an activex .exe rather than a .dll, but you'd do that if you needed your component to run in a different process.

I somehow figured out how to do the .exe (or at least make a "Class Library" switch to "Console Application") though I run into a new problem.

I have an RTD server running, or this is the RTD server and I wanted it to be a .exe for ease of the user when I publish the application. Though, what happens is usually when I hit debug Excel opens and then once Excel tries to access the RTD it will start up - it doesn't do this any more. It makes it seem as if the RTD is not registered with the COM for Excel to even know it is there.

Any ideas?