Do we have strong named version of Neutronium ?

[Bjaris]

Hi,

I faced a nasty issue trying to integrate Neutronium HTMLViewControl control in a WPF user control. I Could not compile due to an error in my XAML => CS0234 The type or namespace name 'WPF' does not exist in the namespace ...).
I finally tried a work around by defining a HTMLViewControl derived class defined in my assembly to help WPF in namespace resolution.
I realized then that Neutronium assemblies are not strong named and my assemblies are (cyber security constraint)
I have rebuilt and strong named with my own key a Neutronium subset (without tests & samples) and succeed to compil but still no luck with native class.
May be I did not properly strong named Neutronium assemblies and I am still not sure if the root cause is linked to that.
The application sample is just working fine with the same user control even if the application is strong named.

• Any idea on the root cause ?
• Do you think it makes sense to have nuggets with strong named assemblies ?

Regards

[Bjaris]

Answering to myself only for the XAML error aspect.
Seems it is a WPF bug linked to namespace i.e. 2 files are generated a .g.cs & .g.i.cs. Seems my namespace was ambigous and the generated code contained the wrong using.
Changing my wpf control namespace so it does no more collide with Neutronium.WPF namespace solved this issue i.e. the using was correctly generated.
However I still need strong named assemblies. For the moment I justed make my assembly non strong named.
Regards

[David-Desmaisons]

Hello @Bjaris , regarding the strong named assemblies, this is not something I intend to do in the short/mid-term.
Why do you need this feature?

[Bjaris]

Hi David,
reasons are similar to the ones exposed in this article
https://joshuachini.com/2017/07/12/how-to-assign-a-strong-name-to-unsigned-3rd-party-assemblies-during-the-build-process/
I did not test this StrongNamer nugget package and if it works it can be a solution.
However I have the feeling that for mere cyber security reasons the Nugget should be sign with your snk as you are the author.
For the moment this feature is not urgent as :

• I am still trying to have Neutronium working as a web control in a WPF view.
• We have some alternate solution i.e. Gecko, CefSharp but Neutronium has more potential !!!
  Anyway many thanks for all your works.
  Regards