Certificate class
Represents the X.509 digital certificate that has been used to create a signature.
Inheritance hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Certificate
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.InfoPath
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.InfoPath (in Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class Certificate
'Usage
Dim instance As Certificate
public abstract class Certificate
Remarks
Use the Certificate property of the Signature object to return a Certificate object.
This type or member can be accessed only from code running in forms opened in Microsoft InfoPath Filler.
Examples
In the following example, the Status property of the Certificate class is used to determine the status and other information about the digital certificate used for the first signature on the first set of signed data (or for the entire form, if the entire form is configured to be signed), and display that information in a message box.
public void CertificateStatusAlert()
{
Certificate myCertificate =
this.SignedDataBlocks[0].Signatures[0].Certificate;
MessageBox.Show("IssuedTo: " + myCertificate.IssuedTo +
"\nIssuedBy: " + myCertificate.IssuedBy +
"\nExpirationDate: " + myCertificate.ExpirationDate +
"\nStatus: " + myCertificate.Status.ToString());
}
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars
Public Sub CertificateStatusAlert()
Dim myCertificate As Certificate = _
Me.SignedDataBlocks(0).Signatures(0).Certificate
MessageBox.Show("IssuedTo: " & myCertificate.IssuedTo & _
NewLine & "IssuedBy: " & myCertificate.IssuedBy & _
NewLine & "ExpirationDate: " & myCertificate.ExpirationDate & _
NewLine & "Status: " + myCertificate.Status.ToString())
End Sub
Thread safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.