KeyStorageProviderNames Class

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Security.Cryptography.Certificates

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Defines several commonly used key storage provider names. You can use this class in the KeyStorageProviderName property on the CertificateRequestProperties class.

public ref class KeyStorageProviderNames abstract sealed

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
class KeyStorageProviderNames final

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
public static class KeyStorageProviderNames

Public Class KeyStorageProviderNames

Inheritance: Object Platform::Object IInspectable KeyStorageProviderNames

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Examples

using Windows.Security.Cryptography.Certificates;

namespace SampleKeyStorageProviderNames
{

    sealed partial class KspNamesApp : Application
    {
        public KspNamesApp()
        {
            // Initialize the application.
            this.InitializeComponent();

            // Demonstrate how to retrieve and set the key storage provider name.
            this.SampleKspNames();
        }

        public void SampleKspNames()
        {
            // Create a new CertificateRequestProperties object.
            CertificateRequestProperties reqProperties = new CertificateRequestProperties();

            // Retrieve the default value ("Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider").
            String strDefaultName = reqProperties.KeyStorageProviderName;

            // Set the value to "Microsoft Platform Crypto Provider".
            reqProperties.KeyStorageProviderName = KeyStorageProviderNames.PlatformKeyStorageProvider;

            // Set the value to "Microsoft Smart Card Key Storage Provider".
            reqProperties.KeyStorageProviderName = KeyStorageProviderNames.SmartcardKeyStorageProvider;
        }
    }
}

Remarks

This class contains only static properties. You do not have to create an instance of the class to retrieve the properties. Instead, use the class name followed by the dot operator (.), followed by the property name.

Properties

PassportKeyStorageProvider	Returns "Microsoft Passport Key Storage Provider" as the provider name.
PlatformKeyStorageProvider	Returns "Microsoft Platform Crypyto Key Storage Provider" as the provider name.
SmartcardKeyStorageProvider	Returns "Microsoft Smart Card Key Storage Provider" as the provider name.
SoftwareKeyStorageProvider	Returns "Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider" as the provider name.

Applies to