(Delphi DLL) 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.

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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, StringBuilder;

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

begin
cert := CkCert_Create();
success := CkCert_LoadFromFile(cert,'C:/certs_and_keys/Certificate.cer');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkCert__lastErrorText(cert));
    Exit;
  end;

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

success := CkCert_SetPrivateKeyPem(cert,CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbPem));
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkCert__lastErrorText(cert));
    Exit;
  end;

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

CkCert_Dispose(cert);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPem);

end;