X509Certificate.ToString Method

Definition

Returns a string representation of the current X509Certificate object.

Overloads

ToString(Boolean)

Returns a string representation of the current X509Certificate object, with extra information, if specified.

ToString()

Returns a string representation of the current X509Certificate object.

ToString(Boolean)

Source:
X509Certificate.cs
Source:
X509Certificate.cs
Source:
X509Certificate.cs

Returns a string representation of the current X509Certificate object, with extra information, if specified.

C#
public virtual string ToString(bool fVerbose);

Parameters

fVerbose
Boolean

true to produce the verbose form of the string representation; otherwise, false.

Returns

A string representation of the current X509Certificate object.

Examples

The following example uses the ToString method to display the value of a certificate to the console.

C#
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

public class X509
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // The path to the certificate.
        string Certificate =  "Certificate.cer";

        // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
        X509Certificate cert = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(Certificate);

        // Get the value.
        string resultsTrue = cert.ToString(true);

        // Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(resultsTrue);

        // Get the value.
        string resultsFalse = cert.ToString(false);

        // Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(resultsFalse);
    }
}

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1

ToString()

Source:
X509Certificate.cs
Source:
X509Certificate.cs
Source:
X509Certificate.cs

Returns a string representation of the current X509Certificate object.

C#
public override string ToString();

Returns

A string representation of the current X509Certificate object.

Examples

The following example uses the ToString method to display the value of a certificate to the console.

C#
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

public class X509
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // The path to the certificate.
        string Certificate =  "Certificate.cer";

        // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
        X509Certificate cert = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(Certificate);

        // Get the value.
        string resultsTrue = cert.ToString(true);

        // Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(resultsTrue);

        // Get the value.
        string resultsFalse = cert.ToString(false);

        // Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(resultsFalse);
    }
}

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1