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4/8/2010

This function duplicates a pointer to a certificate chain by incrementing the chain's reference count.

Syntax 

PCCERT_CHAIN_CONTEXT WINAPI CertDuplicateCertificateChain(
  PCCERT_CHAIN_CONTEXT 
pChainContext
);

Parameters

pChainContext

[in] Pointer to a CERT_CHAIN_CONTEXTstructure's chain context to be duplicated.

Return Value

If the function succeeds, a pointer is returned to the chain context. This pointer has the same value as the pChainContextparameter passed into the function.

If the function fails, 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