Certificate.ToPfxBuffer Method

Saves the Certificate as a PFX encoded buffer.

[Visual Basic]
Public Function ToPfxBuffer( _
   ByVal password As String, _
   ByVal withPrivateKeys As Boolean, _
   ByVal withParents As Boolean _
) As Byte()

[C#]
public byte[] ToPfxBuffer(
   string password,
   bool withPrivateKeys,
   bool withParents
);

Parameters

password: The password to use when encrypting the private keys.
withPrivateKeys: true if the private keys should be exported [if possible], false otherwise.
withParents: true if the parent certificates should be exported too [if possible], false otherwise.

Return Value

An array of bytes that represents the PFX encoded certificate.

Exceptions

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	password is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
CertificateException	An error occurs while exporting the certificate store -or- an error occurs while building the certificate chain -or- an error occurs while creating the store -or- an error occurs while adding the certificate to the store.

Certificate.ToPfxBuffer Method

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Return Value

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