How to exclude a Method or a Class from in SmartAssembly 8

Mohsen

Hello guys,

I hope you are doing well, I have a question. Is it possible to exclude a class or a method from obfuscation in Smart Assembly 8?

I'm using C# and WinForms.

Best Regards

Peter_Laws

Hello Mohsen,

Yes certainly, please use the 'DoNotObfuscate' attribute.
You can find more details here
https://documentation.red-gate.com/sa/using-custom-attributes

Mohsen

Hello dear Peter,

Here is my code and using the [DoNotObfuscate] tag in the namespace and also I used the [DoNotObfuscate] tag in another form that I call this method.

This is an Updater method to check if there is a new version of the software, get it.

If I obfuscate it with Smart Assembly version 8, it calls the version number from the XML file link incorrectly, but everything works fine in Smart Assembly version 7.5.

I don't know what the problem is and I'd like to use an updated version of Smart Assembly.

Even excluded all classes containing this method, but it doesn't work.

Best Regards

Peter_Laws

Do you happen to know if the v7 & v8 projects are using the same settings please?

 

Without knowing exactly what obfuscation options you're using it's just an estimation presently, but if you're using string encoding that could potentially be an issue also and you can exclude the method from such in a similar manner as referenced in the same article. 

If that fails, should wish to, we'll could create a support incident for you to share your project for us to examine?

Mohsen

Settings in v7 & v8 are the same.

Yes, I'm using string encoding and most obfuscation methods with maximum levels.

Sure, it's a good idea to check it out, and I'm even able to use TeamViewer or AnyDesk.

Peter_Laws

Noted, thank you; please could you attempt using the DoNotEncodeStrings custom attribute and if that we can dig into this further?

https://documentation.red-gate.com/sa/using-custom-attributes