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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.

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C++
#include <CkCert.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkCert cert;

    success = cert.LoadByCommonName("PIVKey 7ED53EC611D3F84396212C5842BB563F");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << cert.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Loaded: " << cert.subjectDN() << "\r\n";
    }