Certificate.ToPfxFile Method

Saves the Certificate as a PFX encoded file.

[Visual Basic]
Public Sub ToPfxFile( _
   ByVal filename As String, _
   ByVal password As String, _
   ByVal withPrivateKeys As Boolean, _
   ByVal withParents As Boolean _
)

[C#]
public void ToPfxFile(
   string filename,
   string password,
   bool withPrivateKeys,
   bool withParents
);

Parameters

filename: The filename of the new PFX file.
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.

Remarks

If the specified file already exists, the method will throw an exception.

Exceptions

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	filename or password is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
IOException	An error occurs while writing the data to the file.
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.ToPfxFile Method

Parameters

Remarks

Exceptions

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