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X509Certificate::GetName Method ()
.NET Framework (current version)
Note: This API is now obsolete.
Namespace:
System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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Returns the name of the principal to which the certificate was issued.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public: [ObsoleteAttribute("This method has been deprecated. Please use the Subject property instead. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")] virtual String^ GetName()
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| CryptographicException | The certificate context is invalid. |
The following example uses the GetName method to return the name of a certificate's principal 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->GetName(); // Display the value to the console. Console::WriteLine( results ); }
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Available since 1.1
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