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Discover at runtime if the application has been obfuscated
Link Posted: 01-Aug-2006 05:10
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Hi,

Purely for informational purposes, I'd like the 'About' dialog of my application to mention whether or not the build has been obfuscated.

Is there a compile flag I can test in code to see if the assembly's obfuscated?  For example, at the moment, I do this:


#If DEBUG then
    lblReleaseType.Text = \"Debug Build\"
#Else
    lblReleaseType.Text = \"Release Build\"
#End If


I'm wondering if there's a way I can test for obfuscation too.  Of course, I can set a constant and toggle it manually, but this would be neater ;)
Link Posted: 01-Aug-2006 05:14
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Ah, never mind!

Sorry, I was being a bit daft...  I can just define a custom constant for the Release build configuration
Link Posted: 01-Aug-2006 21:25
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You can use SoftwareWatermarking feature of Spices.Obfuscator to mark your assemblies as obfuscated:

At runtime your application can inspect attributes attached to the assembly to find NineRays.Obfuscator.SoftwareWatermarkAttribute it's properties.
Link Posted: 01-Aug-2006 23:31
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Thanks for the tip!

The way I was thinking about doing it was:

- Creating a Build Configuration (named 'Release (Obfuscated)')
- Adding a custom build flag to that configuration - OBFUSCATED=TRUE

... but then I realised I'd still have to toggle the 'Spices_ObfuscateSolutionAfterBuild' property manually.  

Or, is there a way to set it up so that Spices will only obfuscate when the build configuration is set to a particular profile? So, for example, I could quickly change between Debug, Release and Release (Obfuscated) build configs?
Link Posted: 02-Aug-2006 08:51
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Thanks for the idea, we'll try to implement this feature to the nearest update.
Currently you can use MSBuild integration to use obfuscation with configuration dependant tasks.
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