How to ensure that the "Publisher" field is populated for my ClickOnce * Bootstrapper *

Question

I have an application that I am deploying through ClickOnce. I do all the manifest generation / signature in the MSBuild script. Until today, we have used a self-generated certificate, but now I have a certificate from Verisign.

I can successfully sign my manifests with mage.exe, and the new certificate and Publisher field are displayed correctly when I run "myapp.Application" to install the application.

However, if I run Bootstrapper (setup.exe), which I created for the application, the installer now says that Publisher is unknown (as if I had not signed my manifests). I can't figure out what I need to do for Bootstrapper in order to get the publisher to display correctly in the installation confirmation dialog. I tried to sign Bootstrapper using SignTool, but that does not seem to matter.

The pseudocode is as follows:

• Create application manifest (using mage.exe)
• Sign application manifest (using mage.exe)
• Create a deployment manifest (using the GenerateDeploymentManifest MSBuild task)
• manifest deployment character (using mage.exe)
• Generate bootloader (using the GenerateBootstrapper task)
• Boostrapper Icon (using SignTool.exe)

Please post my code with pleasure if there are no obvious problems with my workflow / tools.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You tried to sign setup.exe using SignTool.

If this does not work, add the "BeforePublish" Target by editing the .csproj application file.

Check here and see how this helps.

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