X509Certificate Constructor (String)

public X509Certificate (
	string fileName
)

public X509Certificate (
	String fileName
)

public function X509Certificate (
	fileName : String
)

Parameters

fileName

The name of a certificate file.

ASN.1 DER is the only certificate format supported by this class.

The following code example loads an X.509 certificate from a file, calls the ToString method and displays the results to the console.

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 = new X509Certificate(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);

    }

}

• FileIOPermission  for permission to read the file described by the fileName parameter. Associated enumeration: Read Security action: Demand
• KeyContainerPermission  for permission to create a key container. Associated enumeration: Create Security action: Demand

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

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