Eazfuscator.NET error for custom build configuration

Question

I'm using Eazfuscator for a while for my project and everything is working as it should be until, I created a copy of Release build configuration called “Release-Internal”. I also updated the post build event and changed the script to “if /I "$(ConfigurationName)" NEQ "Debug"...". Now all of my projects obfuscate without any problems but only one of them displays the following error:

(EF-1099 error occurred.

4> Obfuscator can not load the input assembly or one of its dependencies.

4> To resolve this issue you can:

4> - Specify a probing path

4> - Put a missing assembly near the input file

4> More information can be found in Eazfuscator.NET Documentation at

4> Troubleshooting -> Error Codes Knowledge Base -> EF-1099 chapter.)

The interesting part is if I change the active configuration to “Release” the same project obfuscates without any problems. The difference between the “Release” and “Release-Internal” configurations are just that the “Release-Internal” has an extra conditional compilation symbol called INTERNAL.

I also build the project without obfuscation with the “Release-Internal” config. The application build succeed and executed as it should be.

Best regards,

Answer 1

From the build output, it seems you are building projects in parallel.

I'm thinking there's a missing dependency at the time Eazfuscator.NET tries to load your assembly.

I recommend trying to set the "maximum number of parallel project builds" to 1 in Visual Studio IDE > Tools > Options > "Projects and Solutions" and try again.

The event viewer may have some more information (ex. side-by-side errors).

You can also try to enable assembly bind failure logging to try to identify which specific dependencies could not be found. See: How to enable assembly bind failure logging (Fusion) in .NET

It could be as simple as setting "Copy Local" to true in the project's reference properties of the missing dependency.

You can read the "EF-1099: Unable to load input assembly, reflection load failed" help topic in "Eazfuscator.NET Documentation.chm" > Troubleshooting > Error Codes Knowledge Base. The help document for Eazfuscator.NET 3.2.278.32704 has "Instructions on enabling the architecture-neutral loading mode of Eazfuscator.NET" in the same help topic.