SecurityUtilities.SignFile Method (String, Uri, String)

Signs a ClickOnce manifest or PE file.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub SignFile ( _
    certThumbprint As String, _
    timestampUrl As Uri, _
    path As String _
)

public static void SignFile(
    string certThumbprint,
    Uri timestampUrl,
    string path
)

public:
static void SignFile(
    String^ certThumbprint, 
    Uri^ timestampUrl, 
    String^ path
)

static member SignFile : 
        certThumbprint:string * 
        timestampUrl:Uri * 
        path:string -> unit

public static function SignFile(
    certThumbprint : String, 
    timestampUrl : Uri, 
    path : String
)

Parameters

• certThumbprint
  Type: System.String

  Specifies the thumbprint, which is the SHA1 hash of the signing certificate, which is kept in your personal certificate store.

• timestampUrl
  Type: System.Uri

  Indicates that the file is to be timestamped by the timestamp server at the specified HTTP address. This parameter can be NULL if you do not want a timestamp.

• path
  Type: System.String

  The name of the file to sign.

Remarks

This overload of the method calls SignTool.exe and therefore requires the .NET Framework 2.0 to be installed.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

SecurityUtilities Class

SignFile Overload

Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities Namespace