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X509Certificate Constructor (String, String)

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This member can be used only by trusted applications. If you try to use this member in a partial-trust application, your code will throw a MethodAccessException exception. This member is security-critical, which restricts its use.

[SECURITY CRITICAL]

Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class by using a certificate file name and a password to access the certificate.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SecurityCriticalAttribute> _
Public Sub New ( _
    fileName As String, _
    password As String _
)

[SecurityCriticalAttribute]
public X509Certificate(
    string fileName,
    string password
)

Parameters

  • password
    Type: System.String
    The password required to access the X.509 certificate data.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.