.NET Framework Class Library
X509Certificate2..::.Import Method (String, SecureString, X509KeyStorageFlags)

Populates an X509Certificate2 object with information from a certificate file, a password, and a key storage flag.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Unrestricted := True)> _
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Unrestricted := True)> _
Public Overrides Sub Import ( _
    fileName As String, _
    password As SecureString, _
    keyStorageFlags As X509KeyStorageFlags _
)
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As X509Certificate2
Dim fileName As String
Dim password As SecureString
Dim keyStorageFlags As X509KeyStorageFlags

instance.Import(fileName, password, keyStorageFlags)
C#
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Unrestricted = true)]
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Unrestricted = true)]
public override void Import(
    string fileName,
    SecureString password,
    X509KeyStorageFlags keyStorageFlags
)
Visual C++
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction::InheritanceDemand, Unrestricted = true)]
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, Unrestricted = true)]
public:
virtual void Import(
    String^ fileName, 
    SecureString^ password, 
    X509KeyStorageFlags keyStorageFlags
) override
JScript
public override function Import(
    fileName : String, 
    password : SecureString, 
    keyStorageFlags : X509KeyStorageFlags
)

Parameters

fileName
Type: System..::.String
The name of a certificate file.
password
Type: System.Security..::.SecureString
The password required to access the X.509 certificate data.
keyStorageFlags
Type: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates..::.X509KeyStorageFlags
One of the X509KeyStorageFlags values that controls where and how to import the private key.
Remarks

Security Note   Never hard code a password within your source code. Hard-coded passwords can be retrieved from an assembly using the MSIL Disassembler (Ildasm.exe), a hex editor, or by simply opening up the assembly in a text editor such as Notepad.exe.

.NET Framework Security

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
See Also

Reference

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