Cert2spc.exe (Software Publisher Certificate Test Tool)

Updated: May 2010

The Software Publisher Certificate Test tool creates a Software Publisher's Certificate (SPC) from one or more X.509 certificates. Cert2spc.exe is for test purposes only. You can obtain a valid SPC from a Certification Authority such as VeriSign or Thawte. For more information about creating X.509 certificates, see the Makecert.exe (Certificate Creation Tool).

The Software Publisher Certificate Test tool is automatically installed with Visual Studio. To start the tool, use the Visual Studio Command Prompt. At the command prompt, type the following:

cert2spc cert1.cer | crl1.crl [... certN.cer | crlN.crl] outputSPCfile.spc

Parameters

Argument	Description
certN.cer	The name of an X.509 certificate to include in the SPC file. You can specify multiple names separated by spaces.
crlN.crl	The name of a certificate revocation list to include in the SPC file. You can specify multiple names separated by spaces.
outputSPCfile.spc	The name of the PKCS #7 object that will contain the X.509 certificates. You can use the .spc file as input to the File Signing Tool (Signcode.exe).

Option	Description
/?	Displays command syntax and options for the tool.

Examples

The following command creates an SPC from myCertificate.cer and places it in mySPCFile.spc.

cert2spc myCertificate.cer mySPCFile.spc

The following command creates an SPC from oneCertificate.cer and twoCertificate.cer, and places it in mySPCFile.spc.

cert2spc oneCertificate.cer twoCertificate.cer mySPCFile.spc

See Also

Reference

Makecert.exe (Certificate Creation Tool)

Visual Studio Command Prompt

Other Resources

.NET Framework Tools

File Signing Tool (Signcode.exe)

Change History

Date	History	Reason
May 2010	Updated syntax.	Information enhancement.