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X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile Method

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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]

Creates an X.509 version 3 certificate from the specified certification file.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SecurityCriticalAttribute> _
Public Shared Function CreateFromCertFile ( _
    filename As String _
) As X509Certificate

[SecurityCriticalAttribute]
public static X509Certificate CreateFromCertFile(
    string filename
)

Parameters

  • filename
    Type: System.String
    The path of the certification file from which to create the X.509 certificate.

Return Value

Type: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate
The newly created X.509 certificate.

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.