Can you digitaly sign your program?

Can you digitaly sign your program?

• PDCS

  yes, but you need to purchase a certificate
  

• mkuppu

  visit http://www.verisign.com
  
  

• Chris Via

  There are a lot of free install creation programs.

  I personally like NSIS:

  http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page

  
  

• GregSmith104

  There is a Setup Project template in the new project window, but I believe that it is only available in Visual Studio 2005, as when I was using Visual Basic 2005 Express, I couldn't find the Setup template.
  
  

• JackStri

  i think its under dialog box but who nows, only microsoft do or even some body out there in the community
  
  

• rgabel

  And I think that with ClickOnce deployments they will deploy to a users local folder and not to a location like c:\program files\xxxx I think you may need to create a windows installer package to achieve this. But it can definately be done.

  
  

• KitGreen

  Any Way of doing it for free
  
  

• enric vives

  You can digitally sign your application with a public/private key pair even in Visual Basic 2005 Express without purchasing a certificate. It may be neccessary to download the 2005 SDK (I hope not). There is a tool called sn (strong naming utility) that lets you generate a key file, you can use this tool to sign your assemblies and in your project properties under the "Signing" tab there is an option there (not the sign the click once manifest) to sign the assembly. That should provide some measure of security against tampering/spoofing, for you.
  
  

• KonRi

  yay i found a trial version so hopefully i can get it to work now.
  
  

• steal

  You can also use sn.exe to sign your exe.
  
  
  

• Fireboss

  How can you make a windows installer package if anyone nows please either point me in the right direction or help or at least so me a website that tells me, i'm using visual basic 2005 express edition. thanks
  
  

• WoodDrawer

  I like NSIS too, esp for creating mobile device setups. Seems a lot easier than the in-built stuff
  
  

• ToutEnmasm

  That is correct - you are limited to clickonce deployment in VB Express (One of the limitations in the free version).

  If you want to start creating windows setup packages - then you can either.

  • Buy a version of visual studio / VB that includes these templates.
  • Buy a 3rd party tool which will assist you in creating install packages (Intstallshield or Wise are two)

  
  

• Leslie Mason

  It's true spotty.

  
  
  
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