PdfDigitalCertificatesStore Class


PdfDigitalCertificatesStore Class

Provides an interface for getting digital certificates from the system certificates store or from a password protected PKCS#12 file.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
SelectPdf.UniversalPdfDigitalCertificatesStore

Namespace: SelectPdf.Universal
Assembly: SelectPdf.Universal (in SelectPdf.Universal.dll) Version: 26.4

Syntax

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public class PdfDigitalCertificatesStore

Public Class PdfDigitalCertificatesStore

The PdfDigitalCertificatesStore type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	PdfDigitalCertificatesStore

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Methods

	Name	Description
	GetCertificates	Gets the certificates collection from the Personal Certificates store.
	GetCertificates(PdfCertificateSystem)	Gets the certificates collection from the specified system certificates store.
	GetCertificates(String)	Gets the certificates collection from the specified PKCS#12 file, using a null password.
	GetCertificates(String, String)	Gets the certificates collection from the specified password protected PKCS#12 file.

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Remarks

A PKCS#12 file stores both the private and the public keys and such a file can be for example a file with extension .pfx generated from an SSL certificate.

Example

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// Load a signing certificate from a password-protected PFX file
PdfDigitalCertificatesCollection certs =
    PdfDigitalCertificatesStore.GetCertificates(@"C:\certs\signer.pfx", "secret");
// A .pfx usually carries the signing certificate AND its issuing chain.
// The certificates that can sign come first, so certs[0] is the one to sign
// with; name it when you can.
PdfDigitalCertificate cert = certs.GetCertBySubject("Your Company") ?? certs[0];

// Or read the current user's Personal certificates store
PdfDigitalCertificatesCollection personal =
    PdfDigitalCertificatesStore.GetCertificates();

' Load a signing certificate from a password-protected PFX file
Dim certs As PdfDigitalCertificatesCollection =
    PdfDigitalCertificatesStore.GetCertificates("C:\certs\signer.pfx", "secret")
' The certificates that can sign come first, so certs(0) is the one to sign with.
Dim cert As PdfDigitalCertificate = certs.GetCertBySubject("Your Company")

' Or read the current user's Personal certificates store
Dim personal As PdfDigitalCertificatesCollection =
    PdfDigitalCertificatesStore.GetCertificates()

Reference

SelectPdf.Universal Namespace