OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Thumbprint Property (_PkiCertificate)
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OpcLabs.BaseLib Assembly > OpcLabs.BaseLib.Security.Cryptography.PkiCertificates.ComTypes Namespace > _PkiCertificate Interface : Thumbprint Property
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<CanBeNullAttribute()>
ReadOnly Property Thumbprint As String
 
'Usage
 
Dim instance As _PkiCertificate
Dim value As String
 
value = instance.Thumbprint

Property Value

This value of this property can be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

This member or type is for use from COM. It is not meant to be used from .NET or Python. Refer to the corresponding .NET member or type instead, if you are developing in .NET or Python.

Example
// Shows how to assure presence of the own application certificate, and display its thumbprint.
//
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using System;
using OpcLabs.BaseLib.Security.Cryptography.PkiCertificates;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.Extensions;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples.Application._IEasyUAClientServerApplication
{
    class AssureOwnCertificate
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Obtain the application interface.
            EasyUAApplication application = EasyUAApplication.Instance;
            
            try
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Assuring presence of the own application certificate...");
                bool created = application.AssureOwnCertificate();

                Console.WriteLine(created
                    ? "A new certificate has been created."
                    : "An existing certificate has been found.");

                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine("Finding the current application certificate...");
                IPkiCertificate pkiCertificate = application.FindOwnCertificate();

                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine($"The thumbprint of the current application certificate is: {pkiCertificate?.Thumbprint}");
            }
            catch (UAException uaException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }
        }
    }
}
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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