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X509Certificate::Import Method (String^)

 

Populates the X509Certificate object with information from a certificate file.

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

public:
[SecurityCriticalAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction::InheritanceDemand, Unrestricted = true)]
virtual void Import(
	String^ fileName
)

Parameters

fileName
Type: System::String^

The name of a certificate file represented as a string.

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

The fileName parameter is null.

This method uses a certificate file (such as a file with a .cer extension) that represents an X.509 certificate, and populates the X509Certificate object with the certificate that the file contains.

The following example loads an X.509 certificate from a file, calls the ToString method, and displays the results to the console.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography::X509Certificates;
int main()
{

   // The path to the certificate.
   String^ Certificate = L"Certificate.cer";

   // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
   X509Certificate^ cert = gcnew X509Certificate;
   cert->Import(Certificate);

   // Get the value.
   String^ resultsTrue = cert->ToString( true );

   // Display the value to the console.
   Console::WriteLine( resultsTrue );

   // Get the value.
   String^ resultsFalse = cert->ToString( false );

   // Display the value to the console.
   Console::WriteLine( resultsFalse );
}

SecurityCriticalAttribute

requires full trust for the immediate caller. This class cannot be used by partially trusted or transparent code.

InheritanceDemand

for full trust for inheritors. This member cannot be inherited by partially trusted code.

FileIOPermission

for permission to read the file described by the fileName parameter. Security action: Demand. Associated enumeration: EnvironmentPermissionAccess::Read

KeyContainerPermission

for permission to create a key container. Security action: Demand. Associated enumeration: KeyContainerPermissionFlags::Create

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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