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IVsStrongNameKeys.CreateNewKeyWithName Method

Create a new key to be used for signing, exporting to a file, and creating a new key container, for the specified name.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function CreateNewKeyWithName ( _
    szFile As String, _
    szPassword As String, _
    szSubjectName As String _
) As Integer
int CreateNewKeyWithName(
    string szFile,
    string szPassword,
    string szSubjectName
)
int CreateNewKeyWithName(
    [InAttribute] String^ szFile, 
    [InAttribute] String^ szPassword, 
    [InAttribute] String^ szSubjectName
)
abstract CreateNewKeyWithName : 
        szFile:string * 
        szPassword:string * 
        szSubjectName:string -> int
function CreateNewKeyWithName(
    szFile : String, 
    szPassword : String, 
    szSubjectName : String
) : int

Parameters

  • szFile
    Type: System.String

    [in] The file in which to store the encryption key.

  • szPassword
    Type: System.String

    [in] The password for the key being generated.

  • szSubjectName
    Type: System.String

    [in] The name that goes after “CN=” in the certificate name.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

IVsStrongNameKeys Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop Namespace