signing exe with digital certicate

[Former Member]

I have PowerGen so I will be using it to invoke the signing tool from the project settings. However what are the tools available and there syntax?

thanks

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Use SignTool.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa388170%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Paul. I have VS 2010 on my machine so I have this tool loaded. Do you know if developers who just have Powerbuilder will have this tool in the standard .NET Framework?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

It's part of the CryptoAPI libraries in the Windows SDK.  So it's not in the "framework" - developers have to download and install the SDK.  But they don't need a full blown Visual Studio installation.

[former_member190719]

You might want to try it first to make sure it works.  As I remember, PowerBuilder executables aren't "normal" executables.  There is an exe stub, but then there is some additional information added on to the end of the file that isn't in a "normal" executable.  Some tools that are made to work directly on "normal" exe's end up truncating that extra info, which renders the executable useless.

As far as I know, PowerGen has the capability to sign the executable itself,  You just need a certificate to give to PowerGen.

http://ecrane.com/support/viewtopic.php?id=159

[Former Member]

As of some recent version of PB, you can sign an exe with no problems.

I know it works for PB 12.5 native executables, but does NOT work for PB 10.2 and below.

[former_member190719]

Doesn't work for 10.5 that I know of either.  I'm guessing they fixed in somewhere in the 11.x timeframe.  As I recall, they were doing some work about that time to help end users be able to get Vista certification for the compiled apps.

[Former Member]

Bruce,

If I were reporting to management can PowerGen sign executables the answer is no. You must install the SDK - PowerGen merely calls it for you.