ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificate Method (EasyUAApplicationCore)

Protects or unprotects the private key of the given certificate.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Function ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificate( _
   ByVal certificateSubId As String, _
   ByVal newPrivateKeyPassword As String _
) As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As EasyUAApplicationCore
Dim certificateSubId As String
Dim newPrivateKeyPassword As String
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificate(certificateSubId, newPrivateKeyPassword)

public bool ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificate( 
   string certificateSubId,
   string newPrivateKeyPassword
)

public:
bool ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificate( 
   String^ certificateSubId,
   String^ newPrivateKeyPassword
)

Parameters

certificateSubId: The sub-id of the certificate. Normally an empty string.
The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).
newPrivateKeyPassword: Empty string to unprotected the certificate, or a non-empty password to use for protection of the certificate's private key.
The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Returns true when the resulting state of the certificate is protected. Returns false otherwise.

Exceptions

Exception Description

Exception	Description
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.
OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.UAException	The OPC UA operation has failed. This operation exception in uniformly used to allow common handling of various kinds of errors. The System.Exception.InnerException always contains information about the actual error cause. This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

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.

OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.UAException

The OPC UA operation has failed. This operation exception in uniformly used to allow common handling of various kinds of errors. The System.Exception.InnerException always contains information about the actual error cause.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

Remarks

A preexisting private key password, if any, must be correctly configured in the application, for this operation to succeed.

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

EasyUAApplicationCore Class
EasyUAApplicationCore Members

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