IssuerName Property

Returns the name of the Certificate Authority that issued this certificate.

[Visual Basic]
Public ReadOnly Property IssuerName As String

[C#]
public string IssuerName {get;}

[C++]
public: __property string* get_IssuerName();

[C++/CLI]
public:
property String^ IssuerName {
   String^ get();
}

Return Type

A string containing the name of the issuer.

Remarks

This property returns the name of the entity that signed this certificate. When a certificate is received (causing the CertificateReceivedEvent to be raised) internally the certificate signature is validated with the specified CA. is checked against the local machine Trusted Root Authorities to determine if the certificate is from a valid issuer.

Sample data: "Thawte Test CA Root"

Example

The following example demonstrates accessing a certificate and displaying info about it.

[Visual Basic]

Private Sub DisplayCertificateInfo(ByVal certNum as Integer)



   ' Create a new CertificateStore to access certificates

   Dim store as new CertificateStore(CertificateStoreLocation.LocalMachine, CertificateStore.My)



   Try

      ' Get the requested certificate

      Dim cert as Certificate = store(certNum)



      ' Display info about the certificate

      Dim msg as String

      msg+= "The following information about the certificate is available." + vbCrLF + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Name: " + cert.Name + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Description: " + cert.Description + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Expires: " + cert.ExpirationDate + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Issued: " + cert.IssueDate + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Issues to: " + cert.IssuedTo + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Serial number: " + cert.SerialNumber + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Version: " + cert.Versio

      MessageBox.Show(msg)

   Catch ex as Exception

      MessageBox.Show("Error. No certificate found at index " + certNum)

   End Try

End Sub

[C#]



private void DisplayCertificateInfo(int certNum)

{

  // Create a new CertificateStore to access certificates

  CertificateStore store = new CertificateStore(CertificateStoreLocation.LocalMachine, CertificateStore.My);



  try

  {

     // Get the requested certificate

     Certificate cert = store[certNum];



     // Display info about the certificate

     string msg = "";

     msg+= "The following information about the certificate is available.\r\n\r\n";

     msg+= "Name: " + cert.Name + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Description: " + cert.Description + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Expires: " + cert.ExpirationDate + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Issued: " + cert.IssueDate + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Issues to: " + cert.IssuedTo + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Serial number: " + cert.SerialNumber + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Version: " + cert.Version;

     MessageBox.Show(msg);

  }

  catch(Exception ex)

  {

     MessageBox.Show("Error. No certificate found at index " + certNum);

  }

}

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

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