The name 'ConvertToSecureString' does not exist in the current context

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I have got a build error in the following code....

C#

string password = "Global12$";
string userName = @"myindia.local\Administrator";
SecureString ss = ConvertToSecureString(password);

This is the error message

C#

The name 'ConvertToSecureString' does not exist in the current context

I don't know how to solve this? Which namespace is missing? Any help on this would be great.

Thanks & Regards
Sebastian

Posted 15-Jun-12 2:51am

Sebastian T Xavier

Updated 17-Jun-12 19:20pm

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ZurdoDev 15-Jun-12 8:58am

A quick google search indicates using ConvertTo-SecureString. Have you tried that?

Sebastian T Xavier 15-Jun-12 9:22am

If you can show some examples of this , that would be great!!!

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markovl · Answer 1 · 2012-06-15T03:58:00

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but try this link:
ConvertToSecureString Class[^] on MSDN.
It has some examples there. Edited: This can't be the right answer :)

On second thought look at the comments at the bottom here[^]

Maybe that's where this mysterious method came from ;)

C#

private SecureString ConvertToSecureString(string value)
{
    SecureString ret = new SecureString();
    foreach (char c in value)
    {
        ret.AppendChar(c);
    }
    ret.MakeReadOnly();
    return ret;
}

Joshi, Rushikesh · Answer 2 · 2012-06-15T04:12:00

Solution 2

ConvertToSecureString is a private method , which you need to write in your own class.

As mentioned http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.securestring.aspx[^], you need to write your own version of ConvertToSecureString method.

Thanks
Rushikesh Joshi

Posted 15-Jun-12 4:12am

Joshi, Rushikesh

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Sebastian T Xavier 18-Jun-12 1:19am

Thanks for your reply. But I think , I am looking for another method. Please have a look at the following URL. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.powershell.security.activities.converttosecurestring(v=vs.85).aspx.

Regards
Sebastian