• v1.0.3 [2014/01/26]
  • Assembly references without a strongname will be given a strong name using the same public key token as the primary target assembly.
• v1.0.2 [2013/04/30]
  • Added license and project URL.
  • Added readme.MD
• v1.0.1 [2013/04/29]
  • Updated metadata.
• v1.0.0 [2013/04/29]
  • Initial release.

A set of PowerShell Cmdlets to facilitate signing of unsigned 3rd party assemblies with a key of your choice, to allow them to be referenced by strongly named projects.

A NuGet package is available at: https://nuget.org/packages/Nivot.StrongNaming

All cmdlets accept pipeline input. The AssemblyFile parameter is aliased to PSPath, so it will bind to piped files.

• Test-StrongName [-AssemblyFile] <string[]> [<CommonParameters>]

  Returns true if an assembly has a strong name.

• Import-StrongNameKeyPair [-KeyFile] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

• Import-StrongNameKeyPair [-KeyFile] <string> -Password <securestring> [<CommonParameters>]

  Imports a simple unprotected SNK or a password-protected PFX, returning a StrongNameKeyPair instance for consumption by Set-StrongName. If your PFX file has a blank password, you must provide a SecureString of the empty string "". SecureString instances are returned from the Read-Host cmdlet with the -AsSecureString parameter. For automation scenarios, use the ConvertTo-SecureString cmdlet.

• Set-StrongName [-AssemblyFile] <string[]> -KeyPair <StrongNameKeyPair> [-NoBackup] [-Passthru] [-Force] [-DelaySign] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

  Assigns a strong name identity to an assembly. Any unsigned assembly references will also be updated to use a strong name, using the same public key token as the primary assembly. The referenced assemblies will need be to located and given a strong name separately.

  The -KeyPair parameter accepts a System.Reflection.StrongNameKeyPair output from the Import-StrongNameKeyPair cmdlet., which accepts either simple unprotected SNK files or password-protected PFX files.

  The -NoBackup switch directs the cmdlet to skip creating a .bak file alongside the newly signed assembly.

  The -Passthru switch will output a FileInfo representing the newly signed assembly to the pipeline.

  The -DelaySign switch will create a delay-signed assembly from a public key only SNK (it can also create one if the SNK contains both private and public keys.) This is useful if you can't get access to the full private key at your company. This will allow you to compile against previously unsigned nuget packages at least.

  The -Force switch will allow you to overwrite an existing strong name on an assembly.

  NOTE: You may supply -WhatIf to see what would be done, without actually doing it.

• Get-AssemblyName [-AssemblyFile] <string[]> [<CommonParameters>]

  Returns a System.Reflection.AssemblyName instance from any assembly file.

PM> $root = join-path (split-path $dte.solution.filename) packages

PM> $key = Import-StrongNameKeyPair -KeyFile .\folder\key.snk
PM> dir *.dll | Set-StrongName -KeyPair $key -Verbose

PM> $key = Import-StrongNameKeyPair -KeyFile .\folder\key.pfx -Password (Read-Host -AsSecureString)
******

PM> cd (join-path $root unsignedPackage)
PM> dir -rec *.dll | set-strongname -keypair $key -verbose

PM> dir -rec *.dll | set-strongname -keypair $key -force

PM> dir -rec *.dll | where { -not (test-strongname $_.fullname) } | set-strongname -keypair $key -verbose