How to automate Dotfuscator in build

Question

I have to protect some dll in my mvc2 project in visual studio 2010. I'm using Dotfuscator and i want to automate it in build process. I refer the following article but I have no idea how to implement it. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh977082(v=vs.107).aspx

Answer 1

We do this by creating a .proj file (MSBuild.exe) and call it directly using exec.

<Exec Command='"$(OBFU_HOME)\dotfuscator.exe" dotfuscator.xml'/>
<Exec Command='"$(SN_HOME)\sn.exe" -R filename.dll filename.snk'/>

OBFU_HOME & SN_HOME are set in the environment. Make sure you call sn.exe after as the dll needs to be re-signed.

Will this work for you? If not, then you need to put it in the post build event handler.