"Wiktor Zychla" <ieUser@microsoft.com.no.spam> wrote in message
news:OWA8DNZiDHA.2408@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> After signing all my assemblies with strong keys, I've found that the
> application refuses to deserialize any SOAP serialized data. The message
> says:
>
> Parse error, no assembly associated with the Xml key.
>
> and refers to the Xml key:
>
> <a1:C_XOptions id="ref-1"
>
xmlns:a1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/clr/nsassem/SU2000Plus/sekretariat_RM
>
%2C%20Version%3D3.99.1371.18778%2C%20Culture%3Dneutral%2C%20PublicKeyToken%3
> D739f0b7b1c47b157">
>
> The problem is caused by the version stamp in the key (3.99.1371.18778) -
> after each rebuild the version number is incremented and the deserializer
> cannot deserialize the data serialized by the previous version.
>
> Alas, I did not find any simple way to solve the problem. How do I make
the
> SOAPFormatter version independent? Note that the problem started to occur
> after I've signed all assemblies.
>
> I use SOAPFormatter to store the internal settings of my application. I
> cannot use XmlSerializer because it cannot handle the complicated
structure
> of the settings. The SOAPFormatter was the great choice until now. I have
to
> find a way to make it "version independent" because it would be really
> annoying for the user to lost his/her setting with each new version of the
> application.
>
> Is there any simple solution? Thanks in advance for any help,
> Wiktor Zychla
>
>

> Is there any simple solution? Thanks in advance for any help,