Framework EDI Reference. Methods and Properties
ediSecurities. GetCertificate

Gets the certificate object of an X.509 certificate from the certificate store.

Syntax:

Set <oCertificate> = object. GetCertificate(<sSubjectName>, <sIssuerName>, <sHexSerialNumber>, [<sServiceProvider>], [<lProviderType>])

Parameters:

• sSubjectName - Subject name of the certificate.
• sIssuerName - Issuer name of the certificate.
• sHexSerialNumber - Serial number of the certificate in hexadecimal notation.
• sServiceProvider - Optional.  CSP used to open the certificate store. If none is specified, the default CSP is used.
• lProviderType - Optional.  Service provider type.  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 an object of type FREDI.ediSecurityCertificate if the certificate is found; otherwise NULL or an empty object is returned.

Remarks

The search used to locate the certificate depends on whether one or more of the parameters are specified.  The search is undertaken using one of the following combinations:

• Subject Name
• Issuer Name and Serial Number
• Issuer Name, Serial Number and Subject Name
• Issuer Name and Subject Name
• Subject Name and Serial Number