(Classic ASP) Find a Certificate in the "Other People" Windows Certificate Store

Demonstrates how to open the "Current User --> Other People" Windows certificate store, and locates a certificate matching an email address.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or greater.

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' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.CertStore")
set certStore = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.CertStore")

' The "AddressBook" is the "Other People" certificate store as shown in certmgr.msc
readOnly = 1
success = certStore.OpenWindowsStore("CurrentUser","AddressBook",readOnly)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( certStore.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Find the certificate for the email address:
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jsonE = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonE.UpdateString("email","joe@example.com")

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Cert")
set cert = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = certStore.FindCert(jsonE,cert)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( certStore.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Found certificate: " & cert.SubjectDN) & "</pre>"

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