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.NET Framework Class Library
X509Certificate..::.Import Method (array<Byte>[]()[])

Populates the X509Certificate object with data from a byte array.

Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
<ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Unrestricted := True)> _
Public Overridable Sub Import ( _
	rawData As Byte() _
)
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Unrestricted = true)]
public virtual void Import(
	byte[] rawData
)
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction::InheritanceDemand, Unrestricted = true)]
public:
virtual void Import(
	array<unsigned char>^ rawData
)
[<ComVisibleAttribute(false)>]
[<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Unrestricted = true)>]
abstract Import : 
        rawData:byte[] -> unit 
[<ComVisibleAttribute(false)>]
[<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Unrestricted = true)>]
override Import : 
        rawData:byte[] -> unit 

Parameters

rawData
Type: array<System..::.Byte>[]()[]
A byte array containing data from an X.509 certificate.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

The rawData parameter is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

-or-

The length of the rawData parameter is 0.

Remarks

This method can be used to take the raw byte array of an X.509 certificate and populate the X509Certificate object with its associated values.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
.NET Framework Security
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.