Apply Smart Assembly against Self-Contained Single file exe (.NET Core 3.1)

NewSmartAssem

I have a .NET solution build using in a mixture of 4 projects.  2 or the projects are defined using the .NET framework and the other 2 are defined using .NET Core 3.1.  The 2 .NET Core projects have been published as a single file (self-contained) exe.  Self-Contained meaning ALL of the referenced assemblies, frameworks, and packages are pulled into the exe (platform independent).  This makes the .NET Core executable "self-contained".  While applying the Smart Assembly application  (Post build event --> "<path>\SmartAssembly 7\SmartAssembly.com" /build <path>\filename.saproj) I am getting an error about the Microsoft Assemblies not allowed to be obfuscated.  Is there a way around this?

Jessica R

Hi @NewSmartAssem,

So sorry to hear you're running into an issue!

As I wasn't able to reproduce this from a quick test, can I just check a few things to help us understand what's going wrong:

- What's the exact error message that you're getting?
- Does this happen when you obfuscate via the SmartAssembly GUI?
- What SmartAssembly protection options do you have enabled?