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Error when obfuscate Winforms library that targets .Net FW4.7 and NetCore3.1

hans_nhans_n Posts: 3 New member
Hi there,

I'm configuring my csproj file to obfuscate dlls but it always fails with msg:
ERROR: Cannot find dependency 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089', which is required for assembly:
xxxxx, Version=4.7.20202.44, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=xxxxxxx

Here is my csproj file
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
    <SccProjectName>SAK</SccProjectName>
    <SccProvider>SAK</SccProvider>
    <SccAuxPath>SAK</SccAuxPath>
    <SccLocalPath>SAK</SccLocalPath>
    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
    <Configurations>Debug;Release;Release2</Configurations>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFrameworks>net472;netcoreapp3.0</TargetFrameworks>
    <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
    <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <RootNamespace>TestLib</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>TestLib</AssemblyName>
    <EnableDefaultCompileItems>False</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
    <UseWindowsForms>True</UseWindowsForms>
  </PropertyGroup>
  
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="HtmlAgilityPack" Version="1.11.4" />
    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="12.0.2" />
  </ItemGroup>
  
  <!-- SmartAssembly task -->
  <Target Name="SetSmartAssemblyProjectPathForEachTarget" BeforeTargets="BuildWithSmartAssembly" Condition="('$(Configuration)' == 'Release' or '$(Configuration)' == 'Release2') and ('$(TargetFramework)' != '')">
    <PropertyGroup>
      <SmartAssemblyProjectFile>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\SA_Obfuscation\$(AssemblyName)_$(Configuration)_$(TargetFramework).{sa}proj</SmartAssemblyProjectFile>
    </PropertyGroup>
    <Message Importance="High" Text="SmartAssembly project for '$(Configuration)/$(TargetFramework)' set to: $(SmartAssemblyProjectFile)" />
  </Target>

  <PropertyGroup>
    <SmartAssemblyOverwriteAssembly>true</SmartAssemblyOverwriteAssembly>
    <_SATaskAssembly Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'Core'">SmartAssembly.MSBuild.Tasks_NetStandard, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7f465a1c156d4d57</_SATaskAssembly>
    <_SATaskAssembly Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' != 'Core'">SmartAssembly.MSBuild.Tasks, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7f465a1c156d4d57</_SATaskAssembly>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <UsingTask TaskName="SmartAssembly.MSBuild.Tasks.Build" AssemblyName="$(_SATaskAssembly)" Condition="('$(Configuration)' == 'Release' or '$(Configuration)' == 'Release2') and ('$(TargetFramework)' != '')" />

  <Target Name="BuildWithSmartAssembly" AfterTargets="Build" Condition="('$(Configuration)' == 'Release' or '$(Configuration)' == 'Release2') and ('$(TargetFramework)' != '')">
    <SmartAssembly.MSBuild.Tasks.Build ProjectFile="$(SmartAssemblyProjectFile)" />
  </Target>
  <!-- /SmartAssembly task -->
  
</Project>

Could you please take a look and let me know how to fix it? Thanks!
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    Russell DRussell D Posts: 1,324 Diamond 5
    From memory this might be a problem with netcore 3.1 and fw 4.7. Are you able to update to 4.7.2 first and try again, then possibly to netcore 3.2?

    Is the netstandard.dll library somewhere inside C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk?
    Have you visited our Help Centre?
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    hans_nhans_n Posts: 3 New member
    Russell D said:
    From memory this might be a problem with netcore 3.1 and fw 4.7. Are you able to update to 4.7.2 first and try again, then possibly to netcore 3.2?

    Is the netstandard.dll library somewhere inside C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk?
    The netstandard.dll exists in sub folders of C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk.
    It's fine to obfuscate only net472 alone.
    It also fails when obfuscate only netcoreapp3.0 or netcoreapp3.1. And there's no official netcoreapp3.2 yet, right?
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    hans_nhans_n Posts: 3 New member
    Hello, is there any updates about this issue?
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