How to set value of SecureString?

[Dean Slindee]

How do you set the value of a Security.SecureString?

Dim strSecure As New Security.SecureString

strSecure = CType("Friday", Security.SecureString)

 

[Guest]

It's not very easy. Here is some code:

Public Shared Function LoadSecureString(ByVal input As String) As
System.Security.SecureString
LoadSecureString = Nothing

If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(input) Then
LoadSecureString = New System.Security.SecureString
For Each character As Char In input.ToCharArray
LoadSecureString.AppendChar(character)
Next
LoadSecureString.MakeReadOnly()
End If

End Function

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David McCarter [Microsoft VB.NET MVP]
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