How to Sign an Assembly with a Strong Name

I have developed this batch file with which you can easily strong name a dll. This is how you do it.

Prerequisites:

• Windows XP
• .net framework 3.5
• Visual studio 2008

1>Copy paste the bolded text below into notepad and save it with a .bat extension.


@echo off
REM DOTNETANALYSIS.BLOGSPOT.COM


SET "sourceLocation=C:\Development\Sandbox\DB2Read\thirdPartydll\"


SET "sourceDllName=EnterpriseLibraryContrib.Data.DB2.dll"


SET "destDllName=Data.DB2.dll"


REM DO NOT SET VARIABLES BELOW THIS LINE
SET "keyFileName=sgKey.snk"
SET "sourceFile=%sourceLocation%%sourceDllName%"
SET "destIL=%sourceLocation%INTERMEDIATE.IL"
SET "destFile=%sourceLocation%%destDllName%"
ECHO CREATING A KEY FILE FOR SIGNING THE DLL
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\sn" -k %keyFileName%
ECHO CREATING DE ASSEMBLED VERSION OF THE DLL
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bin\ildasm.exe" %sourceFile% /output:%destIL%


ECHO GENERATING THE SIGNED VERSION OF THE DLL
"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ilasm.exe" %destIL% /dll /key:%keyFileName%   /output:%destFile%
ECHO -------------------------------------------------
ECHO ----VERIFYING THAT THE VERSION IS SIGNED --------
ECHO -------------------------------------------------
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\sn" -v %destFile%
pause


2>Change the values of the variables in red to reflect your source dll location, source dll name and the desired destination dll name.

3>Double click the batch file.



References:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6f05ezxy.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/496e4ekx(v=VS.90).aspx