AsymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider.OpenAlgorithm(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Security.Cryptography.Core

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Creates an instance of the AsymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider class and opens the specified algorithm for use.

public:
 static AsymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider ^ OpenAlgorithm(Platform::String ^ algorithm);

 static AsymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider OpenAlgorithm(winrt::hstring const& algorithm);

public static AsymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider OpenAlgorithm(string algorithm);

function openAlgorithm(algorithm)

Public Shared Function OpenAlgorithm (algorithm As String) As AsymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider

Parameters

algorithm: String
Platform::String

winrt::hstring

Algorithm name.

Returns

AsymmetricKeyAlgorithmProvider

Represents a public key algorithm provider.

Remarks

Use the static properties in the AsymmetricAlgorithmNames class to specify the name of the algorithm to open.

Applies to