'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
Public Shared Function ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificate( _
   ByVal application As IEasyUAClientServerApplication, _
   ByVal newPrivateKeyPassword As String _
) As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim application As IEasyUAClientServerApplication
Dim newPrivateKeyPassword As String
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = IEasyUAClientServerApplicationExtension.ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificate(application, newPrivateKeyPassword)

[Extension()]
public static bool ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificate( 
   IEasyUAClientServerApplication application,
   string newPrivateKeyPassword
)

[Extension()]
public:
static bool ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificate( 
   IEasyUAClientServerApplication^ application,
   String^ newPrivateKeyPassword
) 

Parameters

application

The OPC UA client/server application object that will perform the operation.

In client applications, this is typically obtained by calling System.IServiceProvider.GetService(System.Type) on the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.IEasyUAClient (EasyUAClient object) with the type of OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.IEasyUAClientServerApplication as an argument.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

newPrivateKeyPassword

Empty string to unprotected the certificate, or a non-empty password to use for protection of the certificate's private key.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

A preexisting private key password, if any, must be correctly configured in the application, for this operation to succeed.

This is an extension method (info: C#, VB.NET). In languages that have support for extensions methods (such as C# and VB.NET), you can use the extension method as if it were a regular method on the object that is its first parameter. In other languages (such as with Python.NET), you will call the extension as a static method, and pass it the object on which it acts as its first parameter.

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows