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Delphi ActiveX

Find Certificate for Email Encryption

Demonstrates finding the recipient's certificate in the Windows certificate store and using it to send encrypted email.

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Delphi ActiveX
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
mailman: TChilkatMailMan;
email: TChilkatEmail;
recipientEmailAddr: WideString;
cert: TChilkatCert;

begin
success := 0;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

mailman := TChilkatMailMan.Create(Self);

// Set the SMTP server.
mailman.SmtpHost := 'smtp.example.com';

// Create a new email object
email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);

email.Subject := 'This email is encrypted';
email.Body := 'This is a digitally encrypted mail';
email.From := 'Joe <joe@example.com>';
// Emails are encrypted using the recipient's certificate.
recipientEmailAddr := 'jane@example2.com';
email.AddTo('Jane',recipientEmailAddr);

// Indicate that the email is to be sent encrypted.
email.SendEncrypted := 1;

// This example demonstrates finding the email encryption certificate
// on a Windows system where the certificate is stored in the Windows 
// certificate store.

cert := TChilkatCert.Create(Self);
// The recipient's certificate is used to encrypt.
// (Because the recipient is the only one in possession of the private key to decrypt.)
success := cert.LoadByEmailAddress(recipientEmailAddr);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(cert.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Specify the certificate to be used for encryption.
success := email.SetEncryptCert(cert.ControlInterface);

success := mailman.SendEmail(email.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(mailman.LastErrorText);
  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Encrypted Mail Sent!');
  end;
end;