(Classic ASP) 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.

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ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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<%
set cert = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")

success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/example.cer")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( cert.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

set certStoreCU = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.CertStore")
readOnlyFlag = 0

' "CurrentUser" and "My" are the exact keywords to select your user account's certificate store.
success = certStoreCU.OpenWindowsStore("CurrentUser","My",readOnlyFlag)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to open the CurrentUser/My certificate store for read/write.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Import the certificate into the CurrentUser/My certificate store.
success = certStoreCU.AddCertificate(cert)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( certStoreCU.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Imported " & cert.SubjectCN) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success.") & "</pre>"

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