Framework EDI Reference. Methods and Properties
ediSecurities. RemoveCertificate

Removes an X.509 certificate from the certificate store.

Syntax

<lRetval> = object. RemoveCertificate(<sSubjectName>, <sIssuerName>, <sHexSerialNumber>, [<sServiceProvider>], [<lProviderType>])

Parameters

• sSubjectName - Subject name of the certificate to remove.
• sIssuerName - Issuer name of the certificate to remove.
• sHexSerialNumber - Serial number of the certificate remove 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 1 if the task was successful. Otherwise it returns 0.

Remarks

The search used to locate the certificate depends upon one or more of the parameters specified.  The more parameters are specified, the more specific the certificate being removed.

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

Note: The certificate is only removed from the certificate store but the certificate itself is not physically deleted from the system.