TChilkatCreateCS Delphi Reference

TChilkatCreateCS

Factory class for creating certificate store objects.

This class is specific to the Windows operating system, and therefore is only available on Windows systems.

Object Creation

var
obj: TChilkatCreateCS;
...
begin
obj := TChilkatCreateCS.Create(Self);
...
// When finished, free the object instance.
obj.Free();

Properties

property LastErrorHtml: WideString readonly

Error information in HTML format for the last method called.

property LastErrorText: WideString readonly

Error information in plain-text format for the last method called.

property LastErrorXml: WideString readonly

Error information in XML format for the last method called.

property ReadOnly: Integer

Determines whether certificate stores are opened with read-only or read/write permissions. Only applies to methods such as OpenCurrentUserStore, where the a readOnly parameter is not present.

property Version: WideString readonly

The version of this component, such as "1.0"

Methods

function CreateFileStore(filename: WideString): TChilkatCertStore;

Creates a file-based certificate store. If 'filename' already exists, the method will fail.

function CreateMemoryStore(): TChilkatCertStore;

Creates a temporary certificate store in memory that is initially empty.

function CreateRegistryStore(regRoot: WideString, regPath: WideString): TChilkatCertStore;

Creates a registry-based certificate store. The 'hiveName' can either be "CurrentUser" or "LocalMachine". The 'regPath' argument should be specified without a leading slash, such as "Software/Chilkat/MyCertStore".

function OpenChilkatStore(): TChilkatCertStore;

Opens the certificate store used by Chilkat Mail and returns the object representing that store.

function OpenCurrentUserStore(): TChilkatCertStore;

Opens the local system's Current User Certificate Store and returns the object representing that store.

function OpenFileStore(filename: WideString, readOnly: Integer): TChilkatCertStore;

Opens an existing file certificate store. To open it read-only, readOnly should be non-zero.

function OpenLocalSystemStore(): TChilkatCertStore;

Opens the local system's Local Machine Certificate Store and returns the object representing that store.

function OpenOutlookStore(): TChilkatCertStore;

Opens the certificate store used by Microsoft Outlook (and Office) and returns the object representing that store.

function OpenRegistryStore(regRoot: WideString, regPath: WideString, readOnly: Integer): TChilkatCertStore;

Opens an existing registry-based certificate store. 'hiveName' should be either "CurrentUser" or "LocalMachine". The 'regPath' argument should be specified without a leading slash, such as "Software/Chilkat/MyCertStore".

procedure SaveLastError(filename: WideString);

Saves the last error information to an XML formatted file.