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4/8/2010

This function duplicates a certificate context by incrementing its reference count.

Syntax 

PCCERT_CONTEXT WINAPI CertDuplicateCertificateContext(
  PCCERT_CONTEXT 
pCertContext
);

Parameters

pCertContext

[in] Pointer to the CERT_CONTEXTstructure for which the reference count is incremented.

Return Value

Currently, a copy is not made of the context, and the returned pointer to a context has the same value as the pointer to a context that was input. If the pointer passed into this function is NULL, NULL is returned.

Requirements

Header wincrypt.h
Library crypt32.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 3.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

CERT_CONTEXT