The following code example creates a command-line executable that takes a certificate file as an argument and prints various certificate properties to the console.
#using <System.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography;
using namespace System::Security::Permissions;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography::X509Certificates;
//Reads a file.
array<Byte>^ ReadFile( String^ fileName )
{
FileStream^ f = gcnew FileStream( fileName,FileMode::Open,FileAccess::Read );
int size = (int)f->Length;
array<Byte>^data = gcnew array<Byte>(size);
size = f->Read( data, 0, size );
f->Close();
return data;
}
int main()
{
array<String^>^args = Environment::GetCommandLineArgs();
//Test for correct number of arguments.
if ( args->Length < 2 )
{
Console::WriteLine( "Usage: CertInfo <filename>" );
return -1;
}
try
{
System::Security::Cryptography::X509Certificates::X509Certificate2 ^ x509 =
gcnew System::Security::Cryptography::X509Certificates::X509Certificate2;
//Create X509Certificate2 object from .cer file.
array<Byte>^rawData = ReadFile( args[ 1 ] );
x509->Import(rawData);
//Print to console information contained in the certificate.
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Subject: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->Subject );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Issuer: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->Issuer );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Version: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->Version );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Valid Date: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->NotBefore );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Expiry Date: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->NotAfter );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Thumbprint: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->Thumbprint );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Serial Number: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->SerialNumber );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Friendly Name: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->PublicKey->Oid->FriendlyName );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Public Key Format: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->PublicKey->EncodedKeyValue->Format(true) );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Raw Data Length: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->RawData->Length );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Certificate to string: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->ToString( true ) );
Console::WriteLine( "{0}Certificate to XML String: {1}{0}", Environment::NewLine, x509->PublicKey->Key->ToXmlString( false ) );
//Add the certificate to a X509Store.
X509Store ^ store = gcnew X509Store;
store->Open( OpenFlags::MaxAllowed );
store->Add( x509 );
store->Close();
}
catch ( DirectoryNotFoundException^ )
{
Console::WriteLine( "Error: The directory specified could not be found." );
}
catch ( IOException^ )
{
Console::WriteLine( "Error: A file in the directory could not be accessed." );
}
catch ( NullReferenceException^ )
{
Console::WriteLine( "File must be a .cer file. Program does not have access to that type of file." );
}
}