Code Signing For Revit 2017

In 2017, Autodesk really wants developers to sign their DLLs (http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2016/04/whats-new-in-the-revit-2017-api.html#2.4)

If you don’t, Revit will show this scary dialog on startup.

Dealing with this was a fairly annoying process, so to hopefully make it easier for others, here is what I did.

  1. Bought a 5 year certificate from http://codesigning.ksoftware.net/ for $365
  2. Sent them a bunch of documentation to prove that I am who I say I am (including signing up for a free listing at http://www.yellowpages.com/allston-ma/mip/boost-your-bim-526332700?lid=526332700)
  3. Got my “certificate” and generated a PFX file (if you have questions about this step, post in the comments and I will add more info)
  4. Added this to the Visual Studio post build event

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