(JavaScript) Find a Certificate in the "Other People" Windows Certificate Store

Demonstrates how to open the "Current User --> Other People" Windows certificate store, and locates a certificate matching an email address.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or greater.

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

var success = false;

var certStore = new CkCertStore();

// The "AddressBook" is the "Other People" certificate store as shown in certmgr.msc
var readOnly = true;
success = certStore.OpenWindowsStore("CurrentUser","AddressBook",readOnly);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(certStore.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Find the certificate for the email address:
var jsonE = new CkJsonObject();
jsonE.UpdateString("email","joe@example.com");

var cert = new CkCert();
success = certStore.FindCert(jsonE,cert);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(certStore.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log("Found certificate: " + cert.SubjectDN);