[dotnet core 2.2] Failed to resolve dependency of 'XXX.dll' about confuserex HOT 6 OPEN

Now, i downloaded a release from appveyor and it does not protect againt

Stuck..

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So the problem is that the required dependencies are not present in the directory you made a screenshot of. You need to manually add all the required assemblies as "external" references to the project file in order for ConfuserEx to work, or you have to provide a directory where the required files are all stored.

Either way works. The latter works easiest by utilising the "publish to folder" functionality that is in Visual Studio. This way you should be able to create a directory with all the dependencies included.
For the first method you need to add all dependencies like this to the *.crproj file:

<module path="C:\Path\to\System.Data.SqlClient.dll" external="true" />

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@mkaring

Can not we do anything about that requirement?
Becouse i can protect same dll with .net reactor

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Improving this is a planned feature for ConfuserEx2 but that is just not ready at this point. How ever even the updated version will require the *.runtimeconfig.json file that is produced for any .NET Standard/Core build and I don't see that one in the screenshot you attached.

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when i publish the dotnet app (with all additinal dll's like System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource) and with RST.URETIM3.API.runtimeconfig.json, still does not protect, gives:

[CRITICAL]   Failed to resolve dependency of 'RST.URETIM3.API.dll'.dnlib.DotNet.AssemblyResolveException: Could not resolve assembly: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core, Version=2.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60
   konum: dnlib.DotNet.Extensions.ResolveThrow(IAssemblyResolver self, IAssembly assembly, ModuleDef sourceModule)
   konum: Confuser.Core.ConfuserEngine.Inspection(ConfuserContext context, CancellationToken token)

Good luck, sir. I dont want to use another protectors but confuserex2

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As I said, proper resolving using the *.runtimeconfig.json file is currently not working.
Any file it still can't find you have to add as external dependency.

The only way around this right now is using the MSBuild extension of ConfuserEx. It is deployed for the master (1.x) branch. Checkout the readme file to find the repository branch. Adding this to the project allows you to create a *.crproj file for every project in your solution. This file is then used to obfuscate every assembly, before it is copied to the output directory. This methods adds all Nuget dependencies automatically as dependency to the *.crproj file during the build. If that is a option for you, this may be a way too.

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