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X509Certificate::GetIssuerName Method ()
.NET Framework (current version)
Returns the name of the certification authority that issued the X.509v3 certificate.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public: [ObsoleteAttribute("This method has been deprecated. Please use the Issuer property instead. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")] virtual String^ GetIssuerName()
Return Value
Type: System::String^The name of the certification authority that issued the X.509 certificate.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| CryptographicException | An error with the certificate occurs. For example:
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The following example uses the GetIssuerName method to return the certificate issuer's name and displays it to the console.
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->GetIssuerName(); // Display the value to the console. Console::WriteLine( results ); }
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Available since 1.1
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