"Robert W." wrote:

> Nicole,
>
> The error is as follows:
>
> Encountered retargetable \'System.Drawing\' as at line 45, column 18.
> Was expecting one of:
> <HEXBYTE> ...
> <SQSTRING> ...
> <DSQSTRING> ...
> <ID> ...
> "retargetable" "retargetable" ...
> "retargetable" <ID> ...
> "retargetable" <HEXBYTE> ...
> "retargetable" <SQSTRING> "." ...
> "retargetable" <SQSTRING> "as" ...
>
> Build Error.
>
>
>
> If I'm getting this error with the Community Edition of the software, should
> I expect anything different with a purchased version of it?
>
> Can I ask you, do you think it's crazy to release commercial software that
> is not obfuscated? I ask because this never seemed to be [as much of] a
> problem with VB6 apps so I'm a little lost about what to do.
>
> --
> Robert W.
> Vancouver, BC
> www.mwtech.com
>
>
>
> "Nicole Calinoiu" wrote:
>
> > "Robert W." <RobertW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:9DDD4E86-8EE1-4B92-AA3C-6B0CE677DE7F@microsoft.com...
> > >I wanted to use Dotfuscator before releasing my commercial application. I
> > > tried dotfuscating the entire EXE but it failed with some cryptic error
> > > about
> > > System.Drawing. I have no idea how to resolve that.
> >
> > Would you be able to provide the full error details?
> >
> >
> > > So then I thought the
> > > next best thing would be to dotfuscate the DLLs that are part of the
> > > application. I ran it on one and it seemed to work fine. But when I
> > > copied
> > > this DLL over top of the original one, the application would not run.
> >
> > If you're using the Dotfuscator Community Edition that ships with VStudio,
> > you'll need to obfuscate all assemblies together as a group. This will
> > enable Dotfuscator to adjust the code in dependent assemblies to match the
> > obscated type and member names. You must do this even if you aren't
> > obfuscating anything in the dependent assemblies.
> >
> >
> > > Is there something else one has to do to get an app to utilize a
> > > dotfuscated
> > > DLL?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Robert W.
> > > Vancouver, BC
> > > www.mwtech.com
> > >
> >
> >