Creates a new instance of the Certificate class by opening a PFX file and retrieving the first certificate from it.

Namespace: LLCryptoLib.Security.Certificates
Assembly: LLCryptoLib (in LLCryptoLib.dll) Version: 2.0.1024.0 (2.0.1024)

Syntax

C#
public static Certificate CreateFromPfxFile(
	string file,
	string password
)
Visual Basic
Public Shared Function CreateFromPfxFile ( _
	file As String, _
	password As String _
) As Certificate
Visual C++
public:
static Certificate^ CreateFromPfxFile(
	String^ file, 
	String^ password
)

Parameters

file
Type: System..::..String
The full path to the PFX file.
password
Type: System..::..String
The password used to encrypt the private key.

Return Value

One of the certificates in the PFX file.

Remarks

Warning: this method returns the first Certificate it can find in the specified PFX file. Care should be taken to verify whether the correct Certificate instance is returned when using PFX files that contain more than one certificate. For more fine-grained control over which certificate is returned, use the CertificateStore.CreateFromPfxFile method to instantiate a CertificateStore object and then use the CertificateStore.FindCertificateBy*** methods.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
System..::..ArgumentNullExceptionfile or password is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
LLCryptoLib.Security.Certificates..::..CertificateExceptionAn error occurs while loading certificates from the specified file.
System..::..ArgumentExceptionpassword is invalid.

See Also