(Delphi ActiveX) Load Certificate from .cer and Private Key from .pem

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Load a certificate from a .cer and its associated private key from a .pem.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
cert: TChilkatCert;
success: Integer;
sbPem: TChilkatStringBuilder;

begin
cert := TChilkatCert.Create(Self);
success := cert.LoadFromFile('C:/certs_and_keys/Certificate.cer');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(cert.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

sbPem := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
success := sbPem.LoadFile('C:/certs_and_keys/PrivateKey.pem','utf-8');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to load private key PEM');
    Exit;
  end;

success := cert.SetPrivateKeyPem(sbPem.GetAsString());
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(cert.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('The certificate and associated private key are now loaded and ready for signing.');
end;