AsymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider.CreateKeyPair(UInt32) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Security.Cryptography.Core

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Creates a public/private key pair.

public:
 virtual CryptographicKey ^ CreateKeyPair(unsigned int keySize) = CreateKeyPair;

CryptographicKey CreateKeyPair(uint32_t const& keySize);

public CryptographicKey CreateKeyPair(uint keySize);

function createKeyPair(keySize)

Public Function CreateKeyPair (keySize As UInteger) As CryptographicKey

Parameters

keySize: UInt32
unsigned int

uint32_t

Size, in bits, of the key. Typical key sizes are 512, 1024, 2048, or 4096 bits.

Returns

CryptographicKey

Represents the asymmetric key pair.

Applies to