publisheridentity-element-clickonce-deployment.md

title	<publisherIdentity> Element (ClickOnce Deployment)
description	The publisherIdentity element contains information about the publisher that signed a deployment manifest. The element is required for signed manifests.
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.topic	reference
dev_langs	VB CSharp C++
helpviewer_keywords	publisherIdentity Element [ClickOnce deployment manifest], introduction required element for signed manifests [ClickOnce], publisherIdentity Element publisherIdentity Element [ClickOnce deployment manifest], syntax, elements, and attributes
author	mikejo5000
ms.author	mikejo
ms.subservice	deployment

<publisherIdentity> element (ClickOnce deployment)

Contains information about the publisher that signed this deployment manifest.

Syntax

<publisherIdentity
   name
   issuerKeyHash
/>

Elements and attributes

The publisherIdentity element is required for signed manifests. The following table shows the attributes that the publisherIdentity element supports.

Attribute	Description
name	Required. Describes the identity of the party that published this application.
issuerKeyHash	Required. Contains the SHA-1 hash of the public key of the certificate issuer.

Parameters

Property value/return value

Exceptions

Remarks

Requirements

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