X500DistinguishedNameFlags Enumeration

Specifies characteristics of the X.500 distinguished name.

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

'Declaration
<FlagsAttribute> _
Public Enumeration X500DistinguishedNameFlags
'Usage
Dim instance As X500DistinguishedNameFlags

/** @attribute FlagsAttribute() */ 
public enum X500DistinguishedNameFlags
FlagsAttribute 
public enum X500DistinguishedNameFlags

 Member nameDescription
DoNotUsePlusSignThe distinguished name does not use the plus sign. 
DoNotUseQuotesThe distinguished name does not use quotation marks. 
ForceUTF8EncodingThe distinguished name uses UTF8 encoding. 
NoneThe distinguished name has no special characteristics. 
ReversedThe distinguished name is reversed. 
UseCommasThe distinguished name uses commas. 
UseNewLinesThe distinguished name uses the new line character. 
UseSemicolonsThe distinguished name uses semicolons. 
UseT61EncodingThe distinguished name uses T61 encoding. 
UseUTF8EncodingThe distinguished name uses UTF8 encoding. 

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.

Imports System
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Imports System.Security.Permissions
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates



Class X500Sample
   Shared msg As String
   Shared Sub Main()
	
      Try
         Dim store As New X509Store("MY", StoreLocation.CurrentUser)
         store.Open((OpenFlags.ReadOnly Or OpenFlags.OpenExistingOnly))
         Dim collection As X509Certificate2Collection = CType(store.Certificates, X509Certificate2Collection)
         Dim fcollection As X509Certificate2Collection = CType(collection.Find(X509FindType.FindByTimeValid, DateTime.Now, False), X509Certificate2Collection)
         Dim scollection As X509Certificate2Collection = X509Certificate2UI.SelectFromCollection(fcollection, "Test Certificate Select", "Select a certificate from the following list to get information on that certificate", X509SelectionFlag.MultiSelection)
	 msg = "Number of certificates: " & scollection.Count & Environment.NewLine
	 MsgBox(msg)
         Dim x509 As X509Certificate2
         For Each x509 In  scollection
            Dim dname As New X500DistinguishedName(x509.SubjectName)
	    msg = "X500DistinguishedName: " & dname.Name & Environment.NewLine
	 MsgBox(msg)
            x509.Reset()
         Next x509
         store.Close()
	 Catch e As Exception
            msg = "Error: Information could not be written out for this certificate."
            MsgBox(msg)
      End Try
   End Sub 'Main 
End Class 'X500Sample

import System.*;
import System.Security.Cryptography.*;
import System.Security.Permissions.*;
import System.IO.*;
import System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.*;

public class X500Sample
{
	/** @attribute SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.LinkDemand,
		Unrestricted = true) */
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        try {
            X509Store store = new X509Store("MY", StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly | OpenFlags.OpenExistingOnly);
            X509Certificate2Collection collection =
                (X509Certificate2Collection)store.get_Certificates();
            X509Certificate2Collection fCollection =
                (X509Certificate2Collection)collection.Find(
                X509FindType.FindByTimeValid, DateTime.get_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}",
                System.Convert.ToString(sCollection.get_Count()),
                Environment.get_NewLine());
            for (int iCtr = 0; iCtr < sCollection.get_Count(); iCtr++) {
                X509Certificate2 x509 = sCollection.get_Item(iCtr);
                X500DistinguishedName dName = new X500DistinguishedName(
                    x509.get_SubjectName());
                Console.WriteLine("X500DistinguishedName: {0}{1}",
                    dName.get_Name(), Environment.get_NewLine());
                x509.Reset();
            }
            store.Close();
        }
        catch (CryptographicException exp) {
            Console.WriteLine("Information could not be written out "
                + "for this certificate.");
        }
    } //main
} //X500Sample

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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