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Chapter 4 – Protecting Applications Using CodeCover
Contents Glossary Index Troubleshooting
Question 5: Can I protect .NET DLLs using CodeCover? Are there
any prerequisites for protecting .NET DLLs?
Yes, you can protect both .NET executables and DLLs using CodeCover.
However, please note the following:
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For .NET 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 DLLs, you need to install .NET
SDK of the same version as of the .NET DLL you want to protect. For
example, install .NET SDK 1.1 to protect .NET 1.1 DLLs and .NET SDK
2.0 to protect .NET 2.0 DLLs.
For .NET 4.0 (Beta1/Beta 2) DLLs, you need to install Windows SDK
7.0 and .NET Framework 2.0.
Please note that an exception may occur while executing a 32-bit .NET 2.0,
3.0, 3.5, or 4.0 DLL, protected using CodeCover. This exception occurs
when applications are compiled using Any CPU configuration with only
DLLs being protected and both executable and DLL being executed on a 64bit
platform. To avoid this, please use any of the following methods with the
executable calling this DLL:
Select x86 configuration at the build time.
Use the CorFlags Conversion tool to modify the binary (Type
CorFlags theApp.exe /32bit+ in the command prompt and
press Enter).
Question 6: I am using XML serialization in my .NET executables.
Are there any precautions to be taken care of?
Here are the precautions to be taken care of while using CodeCover:
Note: Windows 64-bit .NET applications that use XML serialization cannot be
licensed on 32-bit operating system when .NET Enhancement option is
selected.