Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Load a Certificate from the Windows Certificate Store

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Demonstrates how to load a certificate that has been pre-installed in the registry-based Windows certificate store. This is generally how one would load a certificate that is stored on a smart card or usb token. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Cert;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  cert: TCert;

begin
  success := False;

  cert := TCert.Create;

  success := cert.LoadByCommonName('PIVKey 7ED53EC611D3F84396212C5842BB563F');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(cert.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Loaded: ' + cert.SubjectDN);


  cert.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.