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Delphi DLL 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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Delphi DLL
var
success: Boolean;
cert: HCkCert;
pfxFilename: PWideChar;
pfxPassword: PWideChar;
privKey: HCkPrivateKey;
pemPassword: PWideChar;
pemPath: PWideChar;

begin
success := False;

cert := CkCert_Create();

//  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 := CkCert_LoadPfxFile(cert,pfxFilename,pfxPassword);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkCert__lastErrorText(cert));
    Exit;
  end;

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

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

Memo1.Lines.Add('Common Name:' + CkCert__subjectCN(cert));
Memo1.Lines.Add('Issuer Common Name:' + CkCert__issuerCN(cert));

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

privKey := CkPrivateKey_Create();
success := CkCert_GetPrivateKey(cert,privKey);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkCert__lastErrorText(cert));
    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 := CkPrivateKey_SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile(privKey,pemPassword,pemPath);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkPrivateKey__lastErrorText(privKey));
    Exit;
  end;

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

CkCert_Dispose(cert);
CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);