X509Certificate.ToString Method

Returns a string representation of the current X509Certificate object.

Overload List

Returns a string representation of the current X509Certificate object.

Supported by the .NET Compact Framework.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Overrides Public Function ToString() As String

[C#] public override string ToString();

[C++] public: String* ToString();

[JScript] public override function ToString() : String;

Returns a string representation of the current X509Certificate object, with extra information, if specified.

Supported by the .NET Compact Framework.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Overridable Function ToString(Boolean) As String

[C#] public virtual string ToString(bool);

[C++] public: virtual String* ToString(bool);

[JScript] public function ToString(Boolean) : String;

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, C++] Note   This example shows how to use one of the overloaded versions of ToString. For other examples that might be available, see the individual overload topics.

[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 resultsTrue As String = cert.ToString(True)
      
      ' Display the value to the console.
      Console.WriteLine(resultsTrue)
      
      ' Get the value.
      Dim resultsFalse As String = cert.ToString(False)
      
      ' Display the value to the console.
      Console.WriteLine(resultsFalse)
   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 resultsTrue = cert.ToString(true);
       
        // Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(resultsTrue);

        // Get the value.
        string resultsFalse = cert.ToString(false);
       
        // Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(resultsFalse);
  
    }

}

[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* resultsTrue = cert->ToString(true);

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

    // Get the value.
    String* resultsFalse = cert->ToString(false);

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

}

[JScript] No example is available for JScript. To view a Visual Basic, C#, or C++ example, click the Language Filter button in the upper-left corner of the page.

See Also

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