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ProviderName

The ProviderName property specifies the cryptographic service provider (CSP) to use. If one has not been specified, the default Microsoft Base Cryptographic Provider is used. If the default has not been changed, it would be the Microsoft Base Cryptographic Provider.

Data Type

[VB] BSTR

[C++] BSTR

Defined Values

Microsoft Base Cryptographic Provider (the default).

Affects the behavior of the following methods:

createPKCS10
createFilePKCS10
enumContainers

Access Methods

[VB] "="operator

[C++] HRESULT get_ProviderName (BSTR);
HRESULT put_ProviderName (BSTR);

HRESULT

Value Meaning
S_OK The property read/write completed successfully.


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