Framework EDI Reference. Methods and Properties
ediSecurities. CreateKeyContainer

Creates a new Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) Key Container and generates the public/private key pair.

Syntax:

<lRetVal> = Object.CreateKeyContainer(<sKeyContainerName>, [<sServiceProvider>], [<lProviderType>])

Parameters:

• sKeyContainerName - Name of the new key container.  The name of the key container has to be unique within the Service Provider it is added to.
• sServiceProvider - Optional.  Name of the Service Provider that the new key container is added to.  If none is specified, the default Service Provider is used.
• lProviderType - Optional.  The type of the Service Provider that the key container is being added to.  If none is specified, the default service provider type is used.  If the Service Provider name has been specified then the service provider type of that service provider is used.  For the list of possible provider types please see Cryptographic Service Provider Type Constants.

Returns:

Returns 1 if the operation is successful; otherwise the operation returns zero.

Remarks:

When a new key container is added, the public/private key pairs for both the Key Exchange and the Signature keys are created.

The sServiceProvider and lProviderType specify the CSP where the key container will be created.  If sServiceProvider and/or lProviderType are not specified, the default CSP database is used, which is specified by DefaultProviderName andServiceProviderType.  The type of database, whether machine key set or user key set, is specified using ediDocument.Option by the constant OptDocument_MachineKeySet

Example:

Set oSecurities = oEdiDoc.GetSecurities

' Creates a new key container for hypothetical trading partner.
oSecurities.DeleteKeyContainer sKeyContainerName
oSecurities.CreateKeyContainer sKeyContainerName

'Export private and public key container to a file
oSecurities.ExportExchangeKeyPair sExportFileName, sPassword, sKeyContainerName, sProviderName

Sample

M_CreateKeyContainer.zip