(Delphi ActiveX) Export Digital Certificate's Public Key

The ExportPublicKey method can be called to get a certificate's public key. It can then be saved to any of a number of formats: (1) OpenSSL DER, (2) OpenSSL PEM, (3) RSA DER, (4) XML.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
cert: TChilkatCert;
pubkey: TPublicKey;

begin
success := 0;

cert := TChilkatCert.Create(Self);

// LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
// It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
success := cert.LoadFromFile('/Users/chilkat/testData/cer/chilkat.cer');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(cert.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Get the public key:
pubkey := TPublicKey.Create(Self);
cert.GetPublicKey(pubkey.ControlInterface);

// Save to various formats:
success := pubkey.SaveDerFile(0,'/Users/chilkat/testData/pubkeys/chilkat_pkcs8.der');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(pubkey.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

success := pubkey.SavePemFile(0,'/Users/chilkat/testData/pubkeys/chilkat.pem');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(pubkey.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

success := pubkey.SaveDerFile(1,'/Users/chilkat/testData/pubkeys/chilkat_pkcs1.der');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(pubkey.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

success := pubkey.SaveXmlFile('/Users/chilkat/testData/pubkeys/chilkat.xml');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(pubkey.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Public key exported to all file formats.');
end;