X509Certificate Constructor (array<Byte[])

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Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class defined from a sequence of bytes representing an X.509 version 3 certificate.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    data As Byte() _
)

public X509Certificate(
    byte[] data
)

Parameters

• data
  Type: array<System.Byte[]
  A byte array containing data from an X.509 certificate.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
CryptographicException	An error with the certificate occurs. For example: The certificate file does not exist. The certificate is invalid. The certificate's password is incorrect.
ArgumentException	The rawData parameter is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). -or- The length of the rawData parameter is 0.

Remarks

ASN.1 DER is the only certificate format supported by this class.

If you create an X509Certificate certificate by specifying a PKCS7 signed file store for data, the X509Certificate is created for the certificate that signed the store instead of the certificates within the store.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 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.

See Also

Reference

X509Certificate Class

X509Certificate Overload

System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates Namespace