Dotfuscator not working?

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I am using the graphical dotfuscator from visual studio.
I created one project triggered by file.exe with output
and temp dirs, then pressed build. Then created 2nd
project for file.dll and added the library tickbox. Build
the dll. However the obfuscated exe/dll does not run
on the device, the hour glass just keeps turning forever ?
 
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I am using the graphical dotfuscator from visual studio.
I created one project triggered by file.exe with output
and temp dirs, then pressed build. Then created 2nd
project for file.dll and added the library tickbox. Build
the dll. However the obfuscated exe/dll does not run
on the device, the hour glass just keeps turning forever ?
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search in the newsgroup archive, there are some hints. I once was
successful with an option to keep the exe the same size, but at another
time, when I used several web services and delegates, I had no success
at all.
Regards,
Christoph
 
I have managed to get it to work, I think I have anyway.
What I did was as follows: I created a new project in Debug mode and
two new forms (because my project has two form). Then
I copied the controls on the forms from the other project
which was not working with dotfuscator. I used cut and
paste to create everything from scratch, this way
all the design time settings are retained. Then I copied
all the subs/functions/classes from the other project. When
coping events code for the controls, I double clicked on
the control so that the function is generated for me, and I
only added the contents of the subs. Then created a new
dotfuscator config file from the graphical gui. This dotfuscated,
and worked. Then switched to Release, created a new
dotfuscator config filr, and again it worked.

Strangely, the Release version (both dotfuscated and
undotfuscated) turned out to be larger than
the Debug version (perhaps someone can explain this).

I did not use a library this time and I had to rewrite what
was in the library so that it can be placed with the exe
code.
 
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