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X509Certificate::Equals Method (Object^)
.NET Framework (current version)
Compares two X509Certificate objects for equality.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- obj
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Type:
System::Object^
An X509Certificate object to compare to the current object.
Return Value
Type: System::Booleantrue if the current X509Certificate object is equal to the object specified by the other parameter; otherwise, false.
Two objects are considered equal if they are X509Certificate objects and they have the same issuer and serial number.
The following example compares two certificates for equality.
using namespace System; using namespace System::Security::Cryptography::X509Certificates; int main() { // The path to the certificate. String^ Certificate = "Certificate.cer"; String^ OtherCertificate = "OtherCertificate.cer"; // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object. X509Certificate^ cert = X509Certificate::CreateFromCertFile( Certificate ); // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object. X509Certificate^ certTwo = X509Certificate::CreateFromCertFile( OtherCertificate ); // Get the value. bool result = cert->Equals( certTwo ); // Display the value to the console. Console::WriteLine( result ); }
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Available since 2.0
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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