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X500DistinguishedNameFlags Enumeration

Specifies characteristics of the X.500 distinguished name.

This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

[FlagsAttribute]
public enum class X500DistinguishedNameFlags

Member nameDescription
NoneThe distinguished name has no special characteristics.
ReversedThe distinguished name is reversed.
UseSemicolonsThe distinguished name uses semicolons.
DoNotUsePlusSignThe distinguished name does not use the plus sign.
DoNotUseQuotesThe distinguished name does not use quotation marks.
UseCommasThe distinguished name uses commas.
UseNewLinesThe distinguished name uses the new line character.
UseUTF8EncodingThe distinguished name uses UTF8 encoding instead of Unicode character encoding.
UseT61EncodingThe distinguished name uses T61 encoding.
ForceUTF8EncodingForces the distinguished name to encode specific X.500 keys as UTF-8 strings rather than printable Unicode strings. For more information and the list of X.500 keys affected, see the X500NameFlags enumeration.

This enumeration is used with the X500DistinguishedNameFlags class to indicate special characters contained in the distinguished name.

Several values are mutually exclusive in this enumeration; use only one of these values to define the special characteristics of an X.500 distinguished name. For example, specify only one of the UseCommas, UseNewLines , and UseSemicolons values. You would also specify either UseT61Encoding or UseUTF8Encoding .

The following code example shows how to use the X500DistinguishedNameFlags enumeration.


#using <System.dll>
#using <system.security.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography;
using namespace System::Security::Permissions;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography::X509Certificates;
int main()
{
   try
   {
      X509Store ^ store = gcnew X509Store( "MY",StoreLocation::CurrentUser );
      store->Open( static_cast<OpenFlags>(OpenFlags::ReadOnly | OpenFlags::OpenExistingOnly) );
      X509Certificate2Collection ^ collection = dynamic_cast<X509Certificate2Collection^>(store->Certificates);
      X509Certificate2Collection ^ fcollection = dynamic_cast<X509Certificate2Collection^>(collection->Find( X509FindType::FindByTimeValid, DateTime::Now, false ));
      X509Certificate2Collection ^ scollection = X509Certificate2UI::SelectFromCollection(fcollection, "Test Certificate Select","Select a certificate from the following list to get information on that certificate",X509SelectionFlag::MultiSelection);
      Console::WriteLine( "Number of certificates: {0}{1}", scollection->Count, Environment::NewLine );
      System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = scollection->GetEnumerator();
      while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
      {
         X509Certificate2 ^ x509 = safe_cast<X509Certificate2 ^>(myEnum->Current);
         X500DistinguishedName ^ dname = gcnew X500DistinguishedName( x509->SubjectName );
         Console::WriteLine( "X500DistinguishedName: {0}{1}", dname->Name, Environment::NewLine );
         x509->Reset();
      }
      store->Close();
   }
   catch ( CryptographicException^ ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Information could not be written out for this certificate." );
   }

}



.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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.
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