Strong Naming an assembly using command line compile
- by David
I am trying to use NAnt in order to compile and sign an assembly using the vbc compiler. I have a project set up and am able to successfully sign the assembly compiling with VS2010. When I try to sign it using the command line I get this error:
vbc : error BC30140: Error creating assembly manifest: Error signing assembly -- The parameter is incorrect.
I even created a trivially simple app (just an assemblyinfo.vb file) that will not compile and sign using vbc.exe What am I doing wrong?
here is my assemblyinfo.vb:
Option Strict Off
Option Explicit On
Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
<Assembly: AssemblyVersionAttribute("2010.05.18.0918"), _
Assembly: AssemblyCopyrightAttribute("Copyright © Patient First 2007"), _
Assembly: AssemblyCompanyAttribute("Patient First, Inc."), _
Assembly: AssemblyProductAttribute("Patient First Framework"), _
Assembly: AssemblyDelaySign(false), _
Assembly: AssemblyKeyFile("test.pfx"), _
Assembly: AssemblyTitleAttribute("PatientFirst.Framework")>
test.pfx is located in the same folder as assemblyinfo.vb
Here is how I am trying to compile it:
vbc /target:library /verbose assemblyinfo.vb
I also tried using
vbc /target:library /verbose assemblyinfo.vb /keyfile:test.pfx
and tried using /keyfile parameter without the AssemblyDelaySign and AssemblyKeyFile attributes
If I remove the AssemblyDelaySign and AssemblyKeyFile attributes and leave off the /keyfile command line parameter it compiles fine. What is the correct way to do this with vbc?
--EDIT:
I have found that MSBuild also does not like having the AssemblyKeyFile attribute as I have defined it in the AssemblyInfo.vb, it gives the same failure message. So the only way I can currently get this to build correctly is to set properties on the project to tell it which key file to use and to sign the assembly.
