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Load a Certificate from the Windows Certificate Store

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Demonstrates how to load a certificate that has been pre-installed in the registry-based Windows certificate store. This is generally how one would load a certificate that is stored on a smart card or usb token.

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bool success = false;

Chilkat.Cert cert = new Chilkat.Cert();

success = cert.LoadByCommonName("PIVKey 7ED53EC611D3F84396212C5842BB563F");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Loaded: " + cert.SubjectDN);