TElX509Certificate.LoadFromStreamPEM method

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TElX509Certificate.LoadFromStreamPEM

Reads the certificate from the stream. Certificate is contained in PEM format.

Declaration

[C#]
int LoadFromStreamPEM(System.IO.Stream Stream, [in] string PassPhrase, int Count /* = 0 */);

[VB.NET]
Function LoadFromStreamPEM(ByVal Stream As System.IO.Stream, ByVal PassPhrase As String, ByVal Count As Integer = 0) As Integer

[Pascal]
function LoadFromStreamPEM(Stream : TStream; PassPhrase : string; Count : integer = 0) : integer;

[VB6]
not implemented;

[ActiveX]
not implemented;

[DLL]
not applicable;

Parameters

Stream - The stream from which the certificate is loaded.
Count - Optional parameter that specified the number of bytes to be read. If this parameter is zero, the whole stream (from current position till the end) is read.
PassPhrase - Specifies the pass phrase to decrypt the certificate data. If certificate is not encrypted, set this parameter to empty string.

Return value

0 on success.
PEM error code otherwise.

PEM Error Codes

[.NET] [Pascal] Value Description

PEM_DECODE_RESULT_INVALID_FORMAT 7425 (0x1D01) Buffer doesn't contain a valid PEM sequence

PEM_DECODE_RESULT_INVALID_PASSPHRASE 7426 (0x1D02) A non-valid passphrase was specified

PEM_DECODE_RESULT_NOT_ENOUGH_SPACE 7427 (0x1D03) There is no enough space to write encoded/decoded data

PEM_DECODE_RESULT_UNKNOWN_CIPHER 7428 (0x1D04) The message was encrypted using unknown cipher

Declared in

[.NET] [Pascal]

Namespace: SBPEM
Assembly: SecureBlackbox Unit: SBPEM

Description

Use this method to read the certificate from the stream. The read operation is started at current stream position and finished when the end of the stream is reached or when the number of bytes specified in Count parameter is read. The certificate must have been saved in PEM format.