Question

As stated here im trying to embed the dlls in the exe application in order to just distribute one exe, but when i try to run my application on a xp machine with full .NET 4 installed it just crashes with no error, im placing the following code on the main method

[STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += (sender, args) =>
            {
                String resourceName = "AssemblyLoadingAndReflection." + new AssemblyName(args.Name).Name + ".dll";

                using (var stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName))
                {
                    Byte[] assemblyData = new Byte[stream.Length];
                    stream.Read(assemblyData, 0, assemblyData.Length);
                    return Assembly.Load(assemblyData);
                }
            };

            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new frmrPrincipal());
        }

i have a folder named dlls where im placing

Functions.Shared.dll
Alex.UI.dll
Alex.Controls.dll

and im setting its Build Action to “Embedded Resource”.

if i remove that piece of code and set the dlls to be included by click once installer it works fine. btw im Using .NET Framework 4 Full profile and VS2010 SP1

Answer 1

The jitter goes kaboom when it tries to jit the Main() method. AssemblyResolve isn’t registered yet, chicken and egg problem. You can only use types in Main that are available, so you’ll have to stay away from frmrPrincipal. Using a little helper method can solve that problem, but now you’ll have to suppress inlining with [MethodImpl]. You are also shooting your foot by not allowing ngen.exe to do its job.

using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
...
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += (sender, args) =>
        {
            // etc..
        }
        AvoidJitterBombing();
    }

    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
    private static void AvoidJitterBombing() {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        Application.Run(new frmrPrincipal());
    }