X509Certificate Constructor (String, String, X509KeyStorageFlags)
Updated: September 2011
Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class using the name of a PKCS7 signed file, a password to access the certificate, and a key storage flag.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public X509Certificate( string fileName, string password, X509KeyStorageFlags keyStorageFlags )
Parameters
- fileName
- Type: System.String
The name of a PKCS7 signed file.
- password
- Type: System.String
The password required to access the X.509 certificate data.
- keyStorageFlags
- Type: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509KeyStorageFlags
A bitwise combination of the enumeration values that control where and how to import the certificate.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| CryptographicException |
An error with the certificate occurs. For example:
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| ArgumentException |
The fileName parameter is null. |
If you create an X509Certificate certificate by specifying a PKCS7 signed file store for fileName, the X509Certificate is created for the certificate that signed the store rather than for any of the certificates within the store.
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FileIOPermission
for permission to read the file described by the fileName parameter. Security action: Demand. Associated enumeration: EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Read
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KeyContainerPermission
for permission to create a key container. Security action: Demand. Associated enumeration: KeyContainerPermissionFlags.Create
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
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