Using Delphi build-events (see my post Delphi prebuild/prelink/postbuild events), you can automate the process of signing your Delphi executables with a digital certificate.
Below the steps for signing Windows executables.
Prerequisites:
- You have your digital certificate in a PFX file.
(for testing you can use a self-signed certificate, for the real world you want a certificate leads to a CA). - You have the Windows SDK installed that provides SignTool.
(in this case, I presume a Windows 7 or 8 x64 machine with the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8 installed. If not, you have to change the path in the various statements, for instance when using the Windows SDK: Download the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and More | MSDN.)
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