(Delphi DLL) Load a Certificate from the Windows Certificate Store

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

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
cert: HCkCert;
success: Boolean;

begin
cert := CkCert_Create();

success := CkCert_LoadByCommonName(cert,'PIVKey 7ED53EC611D3F84396212C5842BB563F');
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkCert__lastErrorText(cert));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Loaded: ' + CkCert__subjectDN(cert));

CkCert_Dispose(cert);

end;