Signing the manifest with pfx file

Hello,
I have the Microsoft Authenticode certificates (PKCS #7 Certificates, .spc
and .pvk files) acquired from Verisign. How do I use this certificates to
Sign the manifest for ClickOnce deployment. IDE accepts only .pfx files.
Importing in Internet Explorer and exporting back doesn't seem like an
option. Any advice?

Regards,
Sajan

[Linda Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Sajan,

Thank you for posting here!

I notice that you have posted the same question in our
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.windowsforms newsgroup, which I have
already responded. So please check my answer there and if you need any
further assistance on this particular issue, please reply to me in that
thread so I can follow up with you in time.

For your convenience, I have included my reply as follows:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 supports only Personal Information Exchange
(PFX) key files with the .pfx extension. However, you can select other
types of certificates from the current user's Windows certificate store
using the Select a Certificate Dialog Box to sign your manifest.

To access this dialog box, select a project node in Solution Explorer, then
on the Project menu, click Properties. When the Project Designer appears,
click the Signing tab. On the Signing page, click the Select from Store
button. Then a "Select a Certificate" window appears and you could select a
certificate from the list box in this window to sign your ClickOnce
manifests.

Thank you and have a nice day!

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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