Assigning a publisher certificate

[Steve_Macha]

Windows 8 expects a publisher certificate to be linked to the installed application executable of your distribution kit in order for it to be a 'trusted' program.  How is this certificate created, and how is it assigned to the distribution kit install setup.exe and assigned to the application executable?

[msaxon]

You can sign a CVI application with a digital certificate by going to Build|Target Settings... and clicking the 'Signing Info...' button to bring up the Signing Information dialog.

Prior to that, you must obtain a signing certificate and install it in your PC's certificate store. You usually have to buy one of these from a trusted authority - Symantec, Comodo, GoDaddy, Globalsign etc.

If you are using an installer, you should also sign the installer executable. In CVI, you can do this by checking the 'Sign Installer Executable' checkbox in the Advanced tab of the Edit Installer dialog, thren choosing the certificate to use.