Framework EDI Reference. Methods and Properties
ediSecurities. CreateKeyContainer

Creates a new Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) Key Container and generates the public/private key pair.

Syntax:

<lRetVal> = Object.CreateKeyContainer(<sKeyContainerName>, [<sServiceProvider>], [<lProviderType>])

Parameters:

• sKeyContainerName - Name of the new key container.  The name of the key container has to be unique within the Service Provider it is added to.
• sServiceProvider - Optional.  Name of the Service Provider that the new key container is added to.  The Service Provider has to be existing in the system already.  If none is specified then the default Service Provider is used.
• lProviderType - Optional.  The type of the Service Provider that the key container is being added to.  If none is specified then the default service provider type is used.  If the Service Provider name has been specified then the service provider type of that service provider is used.  For the list of possible provider types please see Cryptographic Service Provider Type Constants.

Returns:

Returns 1 if the task was successful.  Otherwise it returns 0.

Remarks:

When a new key container is added, the public/private key pairs for both the Key Exchange and the Signature keys are created.

Example:

Set oSecurities = oEdiDoc.GetSecurities

' Creates a new key container for hypothetical trading partner.
oSecurities.DeleteKeyContainer sKeyContainerName
oSecurities.CreateKeyContainer sKeyContainerName

'Export private and public key container to a file
oSecurities.ExportExchangeKeyPair sExportFileName, sPassword, sKeyContainerName, sProviderName