How can I give an assembly a valid strong name

[steve bull]

When I run FXCop(1.32) against my project I keep getting the error "Assemblies should have strong names" and cannot get rid of the
message.

I edited the assembly info :

[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Tiler")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("Test Program")]
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("Joe Software")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("TestProgram")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("(c) 2005 Joe Software")]
[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
[assembly: AssemblyDelaySign(false)]
[assembly: AssemblyKeyName("")]
I have created a key pair using sn.exe -k and signed the assembly under the Signing tab on the Project Properties page.

I have absolutely no idea what I am doing wrong. The FX help page mentions adding the /keyfile and /keycontainer compiler options. I
am using Visual C# 2005 Express at the moment and can find nowhere to add the options.

It would be nice to get rid of this message.

Any help would be very welcome.
Thanks,
Steve

[Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]]

"steve bull" <bu****@comcast.net> wrote in message
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When I run FXCop(1.32) against my project I keep getting the error
"Assemblies should have strong names" and cannot get rid of the
message.

I edited the assembly info :

[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Tiler")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("Test Program")]
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("Joe Software")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("TestProgram")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("(c) 2005 Joe Software")]
[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
[assembly: AssemblyDelaySign(false)]
[assembly: AssemblyKeyName("")]
I have created a key pair using sn.exe -k and signed the assembly under
the Signing tab on the Project Properties page.

I have absolutely no idea what I am doing wrong. The FX help page mentions
adding the /keyfile and /keycontainer compiler options. I
am using Visual C# 2005 Express at the moment and can find nowhere to add
the options.

It would be nice to get rid of this message.

Any help would be very welcome.
Thanks,
Steve

Sounds to me like you are using the version for 1.1 not for 2.0. You used to
sign an assembly using the AssemblyKeyFile attribute. Under 2.0 you sign
using the /keyfile command line switch (which is what the signing tab does).

FXCop is probably looking for the attribute and finding that its not set.
Unfortunately I can't see a version of FXCop for version 2.0 RTM on the
homepage

http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk/weblog
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk
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[steve bull]

Thanks, I will keep an eye out for a new version.

Steve

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:15:26 -0000, "Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]" <richard at nospam dotnetconsult dot co dot uk>
wrote:

"steve bull" <bu****@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:gE**************************@4ax.com...

When I run FXCop(1.32) against my project I keep getting the error
"Assemblies should have strong names" and cannot get rid of the
message.

I edited the assembly info :

[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Tiler")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("Test Program")]
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("Joe Software")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("TestProgram")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("(c) 2005 Joe Software")]
[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
[assembly: AssemblyDelaySign(false)]
[assembly: AssemblyKeyName("")]
I have created a key pair using sn.exe -k and signed the assembly under
the Signing tab on the Project Properties page.

I have absolutely no idea what I am doing wrong. The FX help page mentions
adding the /keyfile and /keycontainer compiler options. I
am using Visual C# 2005 Express at the moment and can find nowhere to add
the options.

It would be nice to get rid of this message.

Any help would be very welcome.
Thanks,
Steve

Sounds to me like you are using the version for 1.1 not for 2.0. You used to
sign an assembly using the AssemblyKeyFile attribute. Under 2.0 you sign
using the /keyfile command line switch (which is what the signing tab does).

FXCop is probably looking for the attribute and finding that its not set.
Unfortunately I can't see a version of FXCop for version 2.0 RTM on the
homepage

http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk/weblog
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk
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