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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Read a PFX Safe-Bag Attribute

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Demonstrates Pfx.GetSafeBagAttr, which reads a recognized safe-bag attribute from a private key or certificate inside the PFX.

The file path is relative to the application's current working directory. An absolute path may also be used. Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.

Background. A safe-bag attribute is metadata attached to an item inside a PKCS#12/PFX container; it does not change the certificate or private-key material. Recognized attributes include friendlyName, keyContainerName, keyName, and localKeyId.

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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.Pfx;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  pfx: TPfx;
  password: string;
  bForPrivateKey: Boolean;
  friendlyName: string;

begin
  success := False;

  pfx := TPfx.Create;

  //  The file path is relative to the application's current working directory.  An absolute path
  //  may also be used.  Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.
  //  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
  password := 'myPfxPassword';
  success := pfx.LoadPfxFile('qa_data/identity.pfx',password);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(pfx.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Read a recognized safe-bag attribute from an item inside the PFX.  The 1st argument is True for a
  //  private key or False for a certificate, and the 2nd is the zero-based index within that
  //  collection.
  bForPrivateKey := True;
  friendlyName := pfx.GetSafeBagAttr(bForPrivateKey,0,'friendlyName');
  if (pfx.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(pfx.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;
  WriteLn('friendlyName: ' + friendlyName);


  pfx.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.