C

Import a Certificate (.cer file) into a Windows Certificate Store

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Demonstrates how to import a certificate (without private key) into a Windows certificate store. C

#include <C_CkCert.h>
#include <C_CkCertStore.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkCert cert;
    HCkCertStore certStoreCU;
    BOOL readOnlyFlag;

    success = FALSE;

    cert = CkCert_Create();

    success = CkCert_LoadFromFile(cert,"qa_data/certs/example.cer");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCert_lastErrorText(cert));
        CkCert_Dispose(cert);
        return;
    }

    certStoreCU = CkCertStore_Create();
    readOnlyFlag = FALSE;

    //  "CurrentUser" and "My" are the exact keywords to select your user account's certificate store.
    success = CkCertStore_OpenWindowsStore(certStoreCU,"CurrentUser","My",readOnlyFlag);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("Failed to open the CurrentUser/My certificate store for read/write.\n");
        CkCert_Dispose(cert);
        CkCertStore_Dispose(certStoreCU);
        return;
    }

    //  Import the certificate into the CurrentUser/My certificate store.
    success = CkCertStore_AddCertificate(certStoreCU,cert);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCertStore_lastErrorText(certStoreCU));
        CkCert_Dispose(cert);
        CkCertStore_Dispose(certStoreCU);
        return;
    }

    printf("Imported %s\n",CkCert_subjectCN(cert));
    printf("Success.\n");


    CkCert_Dispose(cert);
    CkCertStore_Dispose(certStoreCU);

    }