VS2005 - Add assembly reference to asp.net project crashes IDE

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ATGi - 02 May 2006 16:31 GMT

I have an assembly I built which when added to an 2005 asp.net project as a
referenced assembly crashes the entire IDE (this same assembly can be used in
other project types without any issues; it can also be compiled to 1.1, and
included in a 2003 asp.net project without issue). If I reopen and run the
project without touching the references, everything is fine. If I touch the
references for any reason - including changing and saving web.config, or
deleting the offending reference - the IDE crashes. If I delete the
reference, and then touch the references for any reason, the IDE crashes.

I am trying to narrow down what could be causing the crash - I have tried
several other assemblies I have built utilizing various pieces of what is in
the target assembly, and they add without issue.

What processes are at work in the IDE when an assembly is added? What are
possible processes that could be crashing? Is the IDE doing reflection of
some sort on the assembly? If so, what would it being looking at? I need to
find a way to duplicate this problem so I can figure out the cause.

TIA

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"Gary Chang[MSFT]" - 03 May 2006 07:27 GMT

Hi,

Thank you posting!

Before we digging into this problem, would you please provide more detailed
info about it?

1. How about that assembly, a strong named one in VB2005 or C# 2.0?

2. Do you mean if you don't touch that reference in VS2005 IDE, then it
could work well with your VS2005 asp.net project?

3. Have you tried to add it to another VS2005 asp.net project, does this
project occur?

4. Have you tried to delete that reference outside VS2005 IDE--modify the
web.config file in a text editor directly?

These tests will help us research your issue, so I appreciate your time in
performing them. Let me know the results at your earliest convenience. If
you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. I am standing by to
help you.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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ATGi - 03 May 2006 16:19 GMT

Thanks Gary,

1. It is a strong-named assembly and the project language does not matter.
The assembly also has been obfuscated and is not IL-only. This seems to be
only part of the issue because other assemblies obfuscated in the same way
don't fail. However, this assembly doesn't fail when it is not obfuscated, so
it has something to do with it.

2. Correct, everything will compile and run correctly, it just seems that
something happens when references are updated.

3. Yes, any asp.net project will dump the IDE when this assembly is
included. This has been confirmed on multiple machines. However, non-asp.net
projects have no problems.

4. The web.config does not contain a reference to the assembly, that only
seems to happen when the assembly is in the GAC. In any case, if I add it to
the GAC, and then edit the file, it doesn't matter.

Thanks again for your help in this matter,

Jeff.

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"Gary Chang[MSFT]" - 04 May 2006 07:30 GMT

Hi,

Thank for your detailed response!

I am afraid this is may be a product issue. We have some similar cases
about that Visual Studio 2005 IDE crashes when it attempt to parse some
informal (not match the naming convention) IL code in an assembly. It seems
that assembly's obfuscated IL code happens to fire this trigger.

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make a suggestion on how to improve our products please provide your feed
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Our development team may communicate with you directly on the issue there.

Thanks for your understanding.

Best regards,

Gary Chang
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