Authenticode signing (prompted twice)

MarkRichards · Post by **MarkRichards** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:14 am

Hello,

I just integrated Authenticode signing into two InstallAware projects, and I noticed that I'm actually prompted for the cert password twice during the build process (a compressed build in this case). The first prompt occurs near the start of the build, and the second toward the end.

I understand that signcode.exe can't accept a password as an input parameter, and so the password prompts are a necessary annoyance. But I'm why InstallAware prompts me for it twice?

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:36 am

Because it is signed twice...both crucial files inside and outside the package. This is necessary for Vista.

zipzap · Post by **zipzap** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:25 pm

Suggestion: Could you cache the password from the first time and just apply it for the second time?

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:11 pm

That's a good idea, but if that were possible, we could have gotten rid of the prompt altogether.

H4nd0 · Post by **H4nd0** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:24 am

I've been automating the signing with AutoIt3. See my post here:

http://forums.installaware.com/viewtopic.php?t=351