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Re: Windows app certification

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 9:08 pm
by Cairoo
Good news: One does not actually need to use a browser to create the certificate request on Windows.
I've recently used the "certreq" command to generate a CSR for my OV code signing certicate from Sectigo.
You can create an ".inf" file in a text editor with the Subject Details that should be included on the CSR, and then run the "certreq" command with certain arguments and it spits out a file containing the CSR that can be submitted to the Certificate Authority.
Sectigo has a knowledge base article detailing the steps: https://support.sectigo.com/IS_Knowledg ... 000000o7hD

Re: Windows app certification

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:37 am
by jmk_phd
Thanks Cairoo for the new info, which should be of interest to forum members frustrated by the IE browser restriction.

I'd also alert forum members to Matthias Rebbe's latest (10-03-2022) reply to the LC lesson on signing a Windows app:

https://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/1 ... indows-app

His note includes mention of the freeware app "InstaMaker" that he developed as a front end for Innosetup. Although I'm satisfied with the strategy I'd employed to create Windows .msi and Mac .dmg installers, this might be of interest to others.