Java

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. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Cert;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.CertStore;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Cert cert = new Cert();

        try {
            cert.loadFromFile("qa_data/certs/example.cer");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        CertStore certStoreCU = new CertStore();
        boolean readOnlyFlag = false;

        // "CurrentUser" and "My" are the exact keywords to select your user account's certificate store.
        try {
            certStoreCU.openWindowsStore("CurrentUser", "My", readOnlyFlag);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("Failed to open the CurrentUser/My certificate store for read/write.");
            return;
        }

        // Import the certificate into the CurrentUser/My certificate store.
        try {
            certStoreCU.addCertificate(cert);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Imported " + cert.getSubjectCN());
        System.out.println("Success.");
    }
}