OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
ExportOwnCertificateToFile(IEasyUAClientServerApplication,String,PkiFileFormat,String) Method



OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA Assembly > OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.Extensions Namespace > IEasyUAClientServerApplicationExtension Class > ExportOwnCertificateToFile Method : ExportOwnCertificateToFile(IEasyUAClientServerApplication,String,PkiFileFormat,String) Method
The OPC UA client/server application object that will perform the operation.
The name of the file to which the certificate will be exported.
File format in which the certificate will be exported.
The new password needed to access the private key (optional).
Exports the own certificate and optionally its private key to a given file.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
Public Overloads Shared Sub ExportOwnCertificateToFile( _
   ByVal application As IEasyUAClientServerApplication, _
   ByVal filePath As String, _
   ByVal pkiFileFormat As PkiFileFormat, _
   ByVal newPrivateKeyPassword As String _
) 
'Usage
 
Dim application As IEasyUAClientServerApplication
Dim filePath As String
Dim pkiFileFormat As PkiFileFormat
Dim newPrivateKeyPassword As String
 
IEasyUAClientServerApplicationExtension.ExportOwnCertificateToFile(application, filePath, pkiFileFormat, newPrivateKeyPassword)

Parameters

application
The OPC UA client/server application object that will perform the operation.
filePath
The name of the file to which the certificate will be exported.
pkiFileFormat
File format in which the certificate will be exported.
newPrivateKeyPassword
The new password needed to access the private key (optional).
Exceptions
ExceptionDescription

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

The OPC UA operation has failed. This operation exception in uniformly used to allow common handling of various kinds of errors. The System.Exception.InnerException always contains information about the actual error cause.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

Requirements

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

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