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Article ID: 956847 - Last Review: August 19, 2008 - Revision: 1.0

The Sgen.exe tool generates different results for classes that have public getter methods and nonpublic setter methods for some properties in different versions of the .NET Framework 2.0

SYMPTOMS

You have some classes that have public getter methods and nonpublic setter methods for some properties. When you use the XML Serializer Generator tool (Sgen.exe), different results are generated in different versions of the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

When you run the Sgen.exe tool on a computer that has the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed, you receive the following exception:
Error: Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1). error CS0200: Property or indexer 'PropertyName' cannot be assigned to -- it is read only
When you run the Sgen.exe tool on a computer that has the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed, no exception occurs. However, the results that you obtain by using the XML Serializer Generator tool will change in later releases of the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2. At that time, applications that rely on this feature will not work correctly.

CAUSE

The exception does not occur because a feature was added to the ASMX Web services. The feature is used to serialize types that have nonpublic setter methods for properties in the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2.

However, the feature introduces a regression in a particular scenario in which certain types cannot be serialized. Therefore, the feature will be removed in later releases of the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, add a friend relationship in the original assembly to the assembly that you create by using the Sgen.exe tool. To do this, add the following line of code to the AssemblyInfo.cs file of the original assembly:
[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("<AssemblyName>.XmlSerializers, PublicKeyToken=null")]
When you do this, you receive the following message as expected:
Serialization Assembly Name: AssemblyName.XmlSerializers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null.

Generated serialization assembly for assembly AssemblyDirectory --> directory of SerializationAssemblyDirectory.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the Sgen.exe tool, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bk3w6240(VS.80).aspx (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bk3w6240(VS.80).aspx)

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
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