I am new to Dotfuscator. I want to protect my .exe file through dotfuscator in visual studio2008 using post build option.But I am unable to do this ok,I am using the command
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I would like to protect my assemblies with Dotfuscator Community Edition I have a setup project that builds an MSI installer. I was wondering if theres any way to include this into my project so that when I build my solution Dotfuscator Community Edition automatically protects the assemblies
View 4 RepliesI have a vb.net 2008 windows form application that I was just assigned to work on. how to maintain and test changes to both the pre build and the post build events? Can you tell me how to test these events? My postbuild event, I believe calls a project file in the solution file that wraps files together in a bundle in debug mode. Can you tell me how the posbuild event works and when it is called?
View 2 RepliesFor some reason in VS2008 Configuration Manger 'Release ' option is missing and I can't build and deploy the application I worked on for weeks! Debug option works fine.
View 5 RepliesI've read through all the posts and the Channel9 posts which give answers that range from the standard <Assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")> version in the AssemblyInfo.vb. This doesn't auto increment at all I set the following
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This project has been upgraded from VS2003.Was fine at first but now is taking so long to build after make small code changes my development has come to a screeching halt.Its a fairly big project but hasn't grown since before the upgrade.VS2003 only took seconds to build.Also during the 30 minutes the CPU is pegged at 100%
View 4 Repliesbuild a Function or Sub using HTTPRequest that makes a multipart post using that info?
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I am using VS 2005 and want to write a post build event that renames the build output from MyProject.dll into MyProject.gha. I know how to get to the post build event command line, but unsure of exactly what to do from there. I think that I use $(TargetExt), but unsure of syntax, etc..help?
View 3 RepliesIn VB 2008 Express, in the top menu, there is "Build" (Between Project and Debug), but it's not there in VB 2010 Express. I tried to find an option for it in Tools, but I can't find it. I can use the Build menu in VB2008 to build an .exe that shows up in the "Release" folder. What can I do to make an .exe as a release, so that I can implement it? If I was to use the .exe in the "Debug" folder, I can only run it in Debug mode.
In VB2010, I can right-click on the area near the toolbar and choose "build", which makes 2 buttons appear. I can click on the Build" button, but it does not create a new .exe in the "Release". Sorry if the solution is really simple, but I am a newbie, and I've only recently converted to VB 2010 Express. I can't believe how difficult this problem is!
I have been using Dotfuscator for years with VB 2005 without a problem. I remember, vaguely, that it first came with a very simply one that we can upgrade to Community Edition without any cost (which I did). And once it is updated, it is pretty simple to do in my VB 2005. First I build the project as usual, then I make a new Dotfuscated Project from New Project Menu (which the Community Edition automatically add itself to, in VB 2005). I can't find the Dotfuscator at all. While, in the Pre-Emptive website, it is said that it is included free in Visual Studio 2010. How can I dotfuscate my project in VB 2010?
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to obfuscate some VB.NET 2003 app.The resulting assemblyes are obfuscated and "run" with some errors.I cleaned all potential reflection problems, but I'm not being able to read the selected value of a combobox.
I load the Combobox using their Datasource properties, using a collection of "VTPair" (a class created by me with 2 properties: one of string type and other of object type to store the value)
This combobox handle pairs like "Male | M" or "Female | F".When trying to see what is selected, I use if mycombo1.SelectedValue = "M" then.This code, after obfuscation, throws me an exception that cannot cast type "XX" to string "M".
So, I changed the code to something more correct, explicitly casting the selected value to String:
if ctype(mycombo1.SelectedValue,string) = "M" then But the error is the same.Debugin my original code, the SelectedValue property is of type "Object" but it is a string.I tried using the ComboBox.SelectedItem property that is also an object but this time what is inside is of type "VTPair" (my own class) and then trying to access its "Value" property (which is of type Object) and trying to cast to string fails again.
Does anyone have an idea to "translate" this piece of code to work OK after Dotfucate it?
I have forgotten the right procedure to encrypt the VB2008 code with dotfuscator community edition, may you explain the way to use it (the dotfuscator) step by step?
View 2 Replieshow useful is dotfuscator free community edition? I applied it on my application and then checked the assembly using the Red Gate's .net reflector. It seems dotfuscator just changed the names of modules,classes and functions. once you know where to look( module or the class) , code was pretty much visible.Basically I want to secure my .net applications and to prevent them from being disassembled in to meaning-full code.
View 5 RepliesI have developed an app and an installer for it and everything works fine. I now feel I should add a bit of obfuscation to the code before it gets released into the wild. VS2010 comes with the CE edition of dotfuscator so I've run it and it produced an .exe in a 'Dotfuscated' folder. Do I just replace all four 'Primary output from. custom actions with the assembly from the Dotfuscator folder or am I missing something?
View 9 RepliesWhen I use Dotfuscator Enhanced Community Edition to dotfuscate one of my programs, it breaks the part of my program that takes an ebmbedded GZIP file and decompresses it to a normal stream which is then written to a file. Here is the code that dies:
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Dim Stream As New GZipStream(Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(MyNameSpace & "." & EmbeddedResource), CompressionMode.Decompress)
I did some investigating by putting in messagebox outputs of the variables and it seems the reason it dies is because MyNameSpace is a blank string. This global variable is defined early on in the program as such:
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Public MyNameSpace As String = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().EntryPoint.DeclaringType.Namespace()
So what I need is either another way of accessing the root namespace, another way of getting to an ebmbedded resource or a way to make Dotfuscator not destroy that namespace. I did think about using My.Resources.... but the problem with that is that I can't pass the string "EmbeddedResource" to the subroutine - I'd have to do the files all in individual lines I think.Also, a side question: The only enhancement I can ever find with the Enhanced edition of Dotfuscator is "Deep Visual Studio Integration" but I cannot see any evidence of this. I mean there's a button in the Tools menu to start Dotfuscator but that's not what I'd call "deep integration". I assumed it meant you could tell it to automatically dotfuscate when compiling but I can't find any documentation on how to do this.
I really like the coding speed that vb.net provides, but I don't like the possibility to forget to declare variable types, return types of functions, etc. and that is why in each class I use[code]..
Is there a way to define those two options on the project/solution level?
the combo box style 1 has both the drop down option but also a manual entry option. I need to know how to code it so that when you manually enter data, it takes that data and places it in a text message "The shipping charges for "data" is $15" displaying in a text box. Shouldn't be hard but have developed a mind block.
View 4 RepliesHaving a problem with sending a file via HTTP post in vb.net. I am trying to mimic the following HTML so the vb.net does the same thing.[code]
View 4 RepliesI'm trying to build an application to monitor a site to build statistics from the data being read. This HTML looks like this.
<div id="history">
<h4>HISTORY</h4>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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Now I can read the html and put the text anywhere, I just don't how to read specific parts so I can separate the data out.
I have a Form with a Media Player in it. Which plays a Song.
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It's playing in the background since the Form is hidden. When I play itin Debug, everything works fine. When I run the app outside Debug, I get this error: [URL] The Music File is there, but strangely, there comes this weird error.
what does these two code means in vb.net: Option Explicit on Option strict on i think option explicit means the compiler is not going to do any kind of conversion and i need to do all of them by the code;also it becomes case sensitive i.e;
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A particular VB.NET project is actually throwing 'Build Failed' But when I try rebuilding again it says 'Rebuild Succeeded'. It keeps alternating this behavior. Kind of random. Any vbc.exe issue of long locking the PDB or xml files?
View 9 RepliesI am using 2008 Express Edition. I am trying to make a Release build instead of a Debug build.Under Tools->Options, Projects and Solutions->General - I checked Show advanced build configurations. The option to switch configurations does not show up in the IDE.
After this, I went to the Project Properties->Compile and switched the Configuration from Active(Debug) to Release.After building, I looked in my project directory, however only in the Debug sub-directory was the .exe and nothing in the Release sub-directory.I have used Visual C++ Express Edition, where I noticed that if you do not change to Release in the IDE than after changing to Release in properties, resets the project to the last configuration setting which is usually Debug.how to make the Debug/Release box available in the IDE, since Tools/Options does not make it show up?
I just created a simple application. I Builded that using build->build myapp. I got .exe of that application. i runned. all went fine. but when i closed that app, even after closing it is in memory. it is still running. how to deploy it properly?
View 12 Replies<edit on 10th March 2010.>
Changed thread type to QUESTION. I was then able to mark AS ANSWER the relevent post which now also immediately follows this post and so it is easier to find as suggested by forum user j2associates .
<edit> It is also my 3rd post in this thread, the 8th one up, of my posts, from the bottom ( for now ), as the forum format has changed yet again.I will leave the rest of this post( as is ) purely for historical reasons. I have been on these forums long enough to see 3 forum changes. <edit> 19th May, 2010> Link added to a video on the next line of text.
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I have some very simple questions about making a release build exe in vb.net using MS VB 2010 Express.
I realize that my project's executable is built in the bin/debug folder. However, when I copy this to any other location on my computer or someone else's, this executable does not function. I have read that I need to create a release build but in MS VB 2010 Express, when I use the Project-Properties menu and change the Compile tab configuration to Release and the path to binRelease, I still get the exe in the binDebug folder and not the binRelease folder.
1) Is it normal that exe's from the debug folder do not function outside of the debug folder?
2) Most importantly, if the release build produces a faster exe, could someone please explain step by step how to do this with MS VB 2010 Express ? I do not see any button on the compile tab in the project properties that actually builds the release.
I want my console application to be able to do one function I have when you click one option on the windows context menu, and another function when you click another option.
View 3 RepliesHow can I get round this error: Option Strict On disallows implicit conversions from
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1. I have read that keeping Option strict on and Option infer off is good practice and will insure your code is tight and properly written. I would like input regarding this, pro's and con's from those who are in the know.
2. Having said that, I have set Option strict on and Option infer off in an existing program I wrote (that was working perfectly mind you) with them off and on respectively. I went through and cleaned up all the errors on the 'need AS' and casting of variables, but one is leaving me a bit put out.[code]
I have also read where using My.Computer.System.Directory.GetFiles() instead of System.IO.Directory.GetFiles() is probably not a good thing, but when I change to this I get no error, but also no dataI am thinking I should stay with the strict on and infer off but am really slogging through getting this code correct.Running Win7 on Dual Quad Core XEON Intel Extreme with 8Gb RAM.
I am writing a text editor program and I have written the new, open, save as, exit menu items but I am struggling with writing the save option.Now I have created the menu itself (well vb did, I just used insert standard items) but how do I code up the save menu option so that it updates the current document or if the documnt has not yet been saved bring up the save file dialog.Here is the code I have so far
Public Class Main
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I know I have some finishing touches such as messages and error handling and stuff but at the moment I want to get all the basics working,I think the save menu option is all I am struggling with at the moment.