CreateX509CertificateIdentity(String) Method

Creates a user token represented by an X.509 certificate.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
<JetBrains.Annotations.NotNullAttribute()>
Public Overloads Shared Function CreateX509CertificateIdentity( _
   ByVal fileName As String _
) As UserIdentityInfo

'Usage
 
Dim fileName As String
Dim value As UserIdentityInfo
 
value = UserIdentityInfo.CreateX509CertificateIdentity(fileName)

[JetBrains.Annotations.NotNull()]
public static UserIdentityInfo CreateX509CertificateIdentity( 
   string fileName
)

[JetBrains.Annotations.NotNull()]
public:
static UserIdentityInfo^ CreateX509CertificateIdentity( 
   String^ fileName
)

Parameters

fileName: The name of a certificate file.
The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Returns a new user identity info, configured with X509 certificate token only.

This method never returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Exceptions

Exception Description

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentException	One of the arguments provided to a method is not valid. This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.
System.ArgumentNullException	A `null` reference (`Nothing` in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument. This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

System.ArgumentException

One of the arguments provided to a method is not valid.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

System.ArgumentNullException

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

Reference

UserIdentityInfo Class
UserIdentityInfo Members
Overload List

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