Is there way to find when self signed certificate will expire for Adobe Air application?

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Is there way to find when self signed certificate will expire for Adobe Air application?

Hi, I have to release my Adobe Air application but the build process was "setup" by a different developer. (He made a self signed cert and wrote a batch file to call adt for packaging the application).

Adobe mentions that such self signed certificates are valid for 5 years. Now I have no idea when that certificate will expire as I don't know when it was created.

Also will my installed application stop working on expiry or only new installations will fail ?

Thanks.

You are looking for the migrate commandline switch for adt. If and when the certificate expires you can update your air application to use a new certificate. Read more about updating AIR 1.5 applications here. I also suggest you take a look at this page (this is about upgrading AIR 1.1 applications -- just in case you are not on 1.5).

dirkgently 2009-03-09 13:36:35

@dirkgentlythanks for the reply, but i have successfully packaged the application using the cert, there is no "migration" issue per say.I am just concerned that if client installs and re-installs in future we just dont know when new installation will start failing.

2009-03-09 13:46:26

You can include an 'update' url in your application. Whenever your application is installed/user wants to update the application this links will be checked for updates. You can post a new certificate via an application update.

dirkgently 2009-03-09 15:24:38

Only possible way is to check the time stamp on the certificate file. Only new installations will fail after 5 years.

2009-03-10 05:55:23

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