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.NET Framework Class Library
X509Certificate..::.GetFormat Method

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

Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Public Overridable Function GetFormat As String
public virtual string GetFormat()
public:
virtual String^ GetFormat()
abstract GetFormat : unit -> string 
override GetFormat : unit -> string 

Return Value

Type: System..::.String
The format of this X.509 certificate.
Remarks

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

Examples

The following example uses the GetFormat method to get the format of a certificate and displays it to the console.


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 




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);

    }

}


using namespace System;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography::X509Certificates;
int 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 );
}


Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.