SecurityUtilities.SignFile Method (String, SecureString, Uri, String)

Signs a ClickOnce manifest.

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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 ( _
    certPath As String, _
    certPassword As SecureString, _
    timestampUrl As Uri, _
    path As String _
)

public static void SignFile(
    string certPath,
    SecureString certPassword,
    Uri timestampUrl,
    string path
)

public:
static void SignFile(
    String^ certPath, 
    SecureString^ certPassword, 
    Uri^ timestampUrl, 
    String^ path
)

static member SignFile : 
        certPath:string * 
        certPassword:SecureString * 
        timestampUrl:Uri * 
        path:string -> unit

public static function SignFile(
    certPath : String, 
    certPassword : SecureString, 
    timestampUrl : Uri, 
    path : String
)

Parameters

• certPath
  Type: System.String

  The certificate to be used to sign the file. The certificate must contain a private key. The KeyUsage extension is optional, but if it is present, DigitalSignature must be set to True. The EnhancedKeyUsage extension is also optional, but if it is present, the certificate must contain object identifier (OID) support.

• certPassword
  Type: SecureString

  The certificate password.

• 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 function is only for signing a manifest, not a PE file.

.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