X509Certificate2UI Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates

Assembly:

System.Windows.Extensions.dll

Source:

X509Certificate2UI.cs

Displays user interface dialogs that allow you to select and view X.509 certificates. This class cannot be inherited.

C#

public sealed class X509Certificate2UI

Inheritance

Object

X509Certificate2UI

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to display user interface dialogs to select and view X.509 certificates.

C#

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

class CertSelect
{
    static void Main()
    {
        X509Store store = new X509Store("MY",StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
        store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly | OpenFlags.OpenExistingOnly);

        X509Certificate2Collection collection = (X509Certificate2Collection)store.Certificates;
        X509Certificate2Collection fcollection = (X509Certificate2Collection)collection.Find(X509FindType.FindByTimeValid,DateTime.Now,false);
        X509Certificate2Collection scollection = X509Certificate2UI.SelectFromCollection(fcollection, "Test Certificate Select","Select a certificate from the following list to get information on that certificate",X509SelectionFlag.MultiSelection);
        Console.WriteLine("Number of certificates: {0}{1}",scollection.Count,Environment.NewLine);

        foreach (X509Certificate2 x509 in scollection)
        {
            try
            {
                byte[] rawdata = x509.RawData;
                Console.WriteLine("Content Type: {0}{1}",X509Certificate2.GetCertContentType(rawdata),Environment.NewLine);
                Console.WriteLine("Friendly Name: {0}{1}",x509.FriendlyName,Environment.NewLine);
                Console.WriteLine("Certificate Verified?: {0}{1}",x509.Verify(),Environment.NewLine);
                Console.WriteLine("Simple Name: {0}{1}",x509.GetNameInfo(X509NameType.SimpleName,true),Environment.NewLine);
                Console.WriteLine("Signature Algorithm: {0}{1}",x509.SignatureAlgorithm.FriendlyName,Environment.NewLine);
                Console.WriteLine("Public Key: {0}{1}",x509.PublicKey.Key.ToXmlString(false),Environment.NewLine);
                Console.WriteLine("Certificate Archived?: {0}{1}",x509.Archived,Environment.NewLine);
                Console.WriteLine("Length of Raw Data: {0}{1}",x509.RawData.Length,Environment.NewLine);
                X509Certificate2UI.DisplayCertificate(x509);
                x509.Reset();
            }
            catch (CryptographicException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Information could not be written out for this certificate.");
            }
        }
        store.Close();
    }
}

Remarks

Use the methods of the X509Certificate2UI class to present user interface dialogs that display detailed information about an X.509 certificate or allow users to select one or more certificates from a collection of X.509 certificates.

Constructors

X509Certificate2UI()

Initializes an instance of the X509Certificate2UI class.

Methods

DisplayCertificate(X509Certificate2, IntPtr)	Displays a dialog box that contains the properties of an X.509 certificate and its associated certificate chain using a handle to a parent window.
DisplayCertificate(X509Certificate2)	Displays a dialog box that contains the properties of an X.509 certificate and its associated certificate chain.
SelectFromCollection(X509Certificate2Collection, String, String, X509SelectionFlag, IntPtr)	Displays a dialog box for selecting an X.509 certificate from a certificate collection using a handle to a parent window.
SelectFromCollection(X509Certificate2Collection, String, String, X509SelectionFlag)	Displays a dialog box for selecting an X.509 certificate from a certificate collection.

Applies to