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Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Load Certificate from PFX (PKCS#12)

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Loads a digital certificate (and private key, if available) from a PFX file.(also known as PKCS#12)

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var
success: Integer;
cert: TChilkatCert;
pfxFilename: WideString;
pfxPassword: WideString;
privKey: TPrivateKey;
pemPassword: WideString;
pemPath: WideString;

begin
success := 0;

cert := TChilkatCert.Create(Self);

//  Load from the PFX file
pfxFilename := '/Users/chilkat/testData/pfx/chilkat_ssl_pwd_is_test.pfx';
pfxPassword := 'test';

//  A PFX typically contains certificates in the chain of authentication.
//  The Chilkat cert object will choose the certificate w/
//  private key farthest from the root authority cert.
//  To access all the certificates in a PFX, use the 
//  Chilkat certificate store object instead.
success := cert.LoadPfxFile(pfxFilename,pfxPassword);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(cert.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Get some information about the digital certificate, 
//  then get the private key...

//  DN = "Distinguished Name"
Memo1.Lines.Add('SubjectDN:' + cert.SubjectDN);

Memo1.Lines.Add('Common Name:' + cert.SubjectCN);
Memo1.Lines.Add('Issuer Common Name:' + cert.IssuerCN);

Memo1.Lines.Add('Serial Number:' + cert.SerialNumber);

privKey := TPrivateKey.Create(Self);
success := cert.GetPrivateKey(privKey.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(cert.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  The private key object may be used in any Chilkat methods
//  (in other objects/classes) that expect a private key argument.

//  In this case, save the private key to a PKCS8 Encrypted PEM format file:
pemPassword := 'secret';
pemPath := '/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat_privKey.pem';
success := privKey.SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile(pemPassword,pemPath);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(privKey.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Private key saved to PKCS8 Encrypted PEM...');