X509Certificate.GetFormat Method

Returns the name of the format of this X.509v3 certificate.

[Visual Basic]
Public Overridable Function GetFormat() As String
[C#]
public virtual string GetFormat();
[C++]
public: virtual String* GetFormat();
[JScript]
public function GetFormat() : String;

Return Value

The format of this X.509 certificate.

Remarks

The format X.509 is always returned in this implementation.

Example

[Visual Basic] 
Imports System
Imports System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates




Public Class X509
   
   
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      
      ' The path to the certificate.
      Dim Certificate As String = "Certificate.cer"
      
      ' Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
      Dim cert As X509Certificate = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(Certificate)
      
      ' Get the value.
      Dim results As String = cert.GetFormat()
      
      ' Display the value to the console.
      Console.WriteLine(results)
   End Sub 
End Class 


[C#] 

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;


public class X509
{

    public static void Main()
    {

        // The path to the certificate.
        string Certificate =  "Certificate.cer";

        // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
        X509Certificate cert = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(Certificate);

        // Get the value.
        string results = cert.GetFormat();
       
        // Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(results);
  
    }

}

[C++] 

#using <mscorlib.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography::X509Certificates;

int main()
{

    // The path to the certificate.
    String* Certificate =  S"Certificate.cer";

    // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
    X509Certificate* cert = X509Certificate::CreateFromCertFile(Certificate);

    // Get the value.
    String* results = cert->GetFormat();

    // Display the value to the console.
    Console::WriteLine(results);

}

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Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework

See Also

X509Certificate Class | X509Certificate Members | System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates Namespace