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CERT_CONTEXT (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

This structure contains both the encoded and decoded representations of a certificate. A certificate context returned by one of the functions defined in the Wincrypt.h file must be freed by calling the CertFreeCertificateContext function. The CertDuplicateCertificateContext function can be called to make a duplicate copy, which also must be freed by calling the CertFreeCertificateContext function.

Syntax

typedef struct _CERT_CONTEXT {
  DWORD dwCertEncodingType;
  BYTE* pbCertEncoded;
  DWORD cbCertEncoded;
  PCERT_INFO pCertInfo;
  HCERTSTORE hCertStore;
} CERT_CONTEXT, *PCERT_CONTEXT;
typedef const CERT_CONTEXT *PCCERT_CONTEXT;

Members

  • dwCertEncodingType
    Currently, only X509_ASN_ENCODING is used; however, additional encoding types may be added in the future.
  • pbCertEncoded
    Pointer to the encoded certificate.
  • cbCertEncoded
    Size, in bytes, of the encoded certificate.
  • pCertInfo
    Pointer to a structure of certificate information.
  • hCertStore
    Handle to the certificate store that contains the certificate context.

Requirements

Header wincrypt.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 3.0 and later

See Also

Reference

Cryptography Structures
CertAddCertificateContextToStore
CertAddEncodedCertificateToStore
CertCreateCertificateContext
CertDuplicateCertificateContext
CertEnumCertificatesInStore
CertFindCertificateInStore
CertFreeCertificateContext
CertGetIssuerCertificateFromStore
CertGetSubjectCertificateFromStore
CERT_INFO