Chapter 12. Troubleshooting

Table of Contents

12.1. My application is not working properly after obfuscation. Why does it happen?

12.2. Troubleshooting Features

12.2.1. Stack Trace Decoding

12.3. Inspection-Friendly Obfuscation

12.3.1. Preserving the Original Names

12.3.2. Disabling ILDASM Suppression

12.4. About InternalsVisibleToAttribute

12.4.1. Solution #1. Do not use InternalsVisibleToAttribute at all

12.4.2. Solution #2. Swap with EditorBrowsable attribute

12.4.3. Solution #3. Hide the warning

12.4.4. Solution #4. Ignore the attribute

12.5. "Option Strict Off" Compatibility for VB.NET

12.5.1. Introduction

12.5.2. Compatibility Mode

12.5.3. Instructions

12.6. Nonintrusive Debugging

12.6.1. Introduction

12.6.2. Sample Scenario

12.7. Common Errors

12.7.1. EF-1099: Unable to load input assembly, reflection load failed

12.7.2. EF-3035: Assembly or part of it is already obfuscated