IVsStrongNameKeys.CreateNewKeyWithName Method

Create a new key to be used for signing, exporting to a file, and creating a new key container, for the specified name.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function CreateNewKeyWithName ( _
    szFile As String, _
    szPassword As String, _
    szSubjectName As String _
) As Integer

int CreateNewKeyWithName(
    string szFile,
    string szPassword,
    string szSubjectName
)

int CreateNewKeyWithName(
    [InAttribute] String^ szFile, 
    [InAttribute] String^ szPassword, 
    [InAttribute] String^ szSubjectName
)

abstract CreateNewKeyWithName : 
        szFile:string * 
        szPassword:string * 
        szSubjectName:string -> int

function CreateNewKeyWithName(
    szFile : String, 
    szPassword : String, 
    szSubjectName : String
) : int

Parameters

• szFile
  Type: String

  [in] The file in which to store the encryption key.

• szPassword
  Type: String

  [in] The password for the key being generated.

• szSubjectName
  Type: String

  [in] The name that goes after “CN=” in the certificate name.

Return Value

Type: Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

IVsStrongNameKeys Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop Namespace