X509Certificate.Import Method (array<Byte[], String, X509KeyStorageFlags)

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Populates the X509Certificate object using data from a byte array, a password, and flags for determining how the private key is imported.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SecuritySafeCriticalAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
Public Overridable Sub Import ( _
    rawData As Byte(), _
    password As String, _
    keyStorageFlags As X509KeyStorageFlags _
)

[SecuritySafeCriticalAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public virtual void Import(
    byte[] rawData,
    string password,
    X509KeyStorageFlags keyStorageFlags
)

Parameters

• rawData
  Type: array<System.Byte[]
  A byte array containing data from an X.509 certificate.

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

• keyStorageFlags
  Type: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509KeyStorageFlags
  One of the enumeration values that controls where and how the private key is imported.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The rawData parameter is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). -or- The length of the rawData parameter is 0.

Remarks

This method can be used to populate an X509Certificate object using a password for the certificate represented by the byte array. The X509KeyStorageFlags value can be used to control where and how the private key is imported.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 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.

See Also

Reference

X509Certificate Class

Import Overload

System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates Namespace