Upgrade from SmartAssembly 6.1 to 6.5

pahunt

Hi,

We've just upgraded our build server from version 6.1.0.48 to 6.5.2.21 and we now have 2 issues. Nothing has changed in any of the saproj files and if I reinstall version 6.1 then the issues go away.

Firstly, the amount of time it takes to obfuscate our 8 assemblies has increased from just over 2 minutes to just over 5 minutes. This is an ASP.NET MVC application so there a couple of web assemblies but the other 6 are standard .NET dlls.

Secondly, and even more seriously, some pages in our application refuse to load with the following error

An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format

Can someone please give me some advice on what can be done to solve these problems please.

james.davies

Hi,

Sorry you're having problems with v6.5.

In many cases v6.5 is faster. What features are you using ? Are you merging or embedding large dependencies ?

Can you isolate which SA feature is causing the error in the processed assembly?
(There is a recently fixed bug relating to custom attributes processing which occurs with no features enabled. If that is the case for you , then I can supply a patched version)

PawelP

I have similar problem with increased time.
My dll contains many windows (about 120). Some of them are small (ex. 10 controls), but most of them contains much more then 100 controls and some are very big with more then 1000 controls.
With version 6.0 obfuscation takes 2,5 minutes. With version 6.5 - 9 minutes!
Project settings are: pruning and obfuscating with unicode unprintable characters.
Ask for anything, which can help You find solution for this problem.

james.davies

Hi,

Firstly I should say that v6.5 is a re-architecture which is why it's performance is very different to v6.2 (in many cases better, but some cases worse).

SmartAssembly 6.6 is a recently released update and contains bug fixes and some memory improvements. v6.6 is a recommended update for all users of SmartAssembly 6.5.

http://www.red-gate.com/supportcenter/C ... rtAssembly

Please give it a try and let me know if there are still performance problems.

PawelP

Ok. I will install 6.6 today and check how it works.

I've checked this version and it isn't better - obfuscation task is taking too long (pruning goes really fast).
I've also noticed, that version 6.6 removes our custom attributes from classes. Is it "by design" functionality?

james.davies

Hi,

The removal of custom attributes is not intended behaviour. Does it occur when there are no SA features enabled ?