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

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Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the non-ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Cert, CertStore;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
cert: HCkCert;
success: Boolean;
certStoreCU: HCkCertStore;
readOnlyFlag: Boolean;

begin
cert := CkCert_Create();

success := CkCert_LoadFromFile(cert,'qa_data/certs/example.cer');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkCert__lastErrorText(cert));
    Exit;
  end;

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) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to open the CurrentUser/My certificate store for read/write.');
    Exit;
  end;

// Import the certificate into the CurrentUser/My certificate store.
success := CkCertStore_AddCertificate(certStoreCU,cert);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkCertStore__lastErrorText(certStoreCU));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Imported ' + CkCert__subjectCN(cert));
Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');

CkCert_Dispose(cert);
CkCertStore_Dispose(certStoreCU);

end;