(MFC) Load a CSR and Examine the Contents

Demonstrates how to load a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and examine the contents.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkCsr.h>
#include <CkFileAccess.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

    // This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkCsr csr;

    // Load a CSR PEM file.  The file should contain content that looks like this:
    // 
    // 	-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
    // 	MIIC6jCCAdICAQAwgaQxITAfBgNVBAMMGG15c3ViZG9tYWluLm15ZG9tYWluLmNv
    // 	bTELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0IxDjAMBgNVBAgMBVlvcmtzMQ0wCwYDVQQHDARZb3JrMSEw
    // 	HwYDVQQKDBhJbnRlcm5ldCBXaWRnaXRzIFB0eSBMdGQxCzAJBgNVBAsMAklUMSMw
    // 	IQYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhRzdXBwb3J0QG15ZG9tYWluLmNvbTCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcN
    // 	AQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBALnQ0un/wF8whk+gPuiAlf3qvx14jgAOV6Erm6EB
    // 	H7WACPCpnKcm/8KP+7uoPiwRQaENhMeCgf45vcivl2p6aAn/spLXyEkXyw2d8wFb
    // 	YYAGRkiz4Xf7ASJiKuwcOtORz+sSDzgtdfokHfXU1cYeFE2yQhSdLUY5fMn425+g
    // 	KoEEsRSjSDe6AKru4+4iGNrLKd8pB9IA5/jOE139IkWlB9r5fEPD5bUTsgqXk9eb
    // 	68O0gc712V2eZK07N24lDmFC4bIMTD4csDWocR5hFHXj7NX7c8sOBDcpEb9mPIk4
    // 	elxubnhkfnjhOi4J3lDHcT/0ALnbLhf9LnaiKqs+5VcVZvECAwEAAaAAMA0GCSqG
    // 	SIb3DQEBBQUAA4IBAQC0AETLIcP3foh5nbu2hVFS8uCUNZ5hEIR1eXmYZmZoBQq2
    // 	26ZAoT4CZwixlggC+n7WvAXJ5Pzxpl4wLV4loTiQzaKPX1w0ERo5ZRwLy0n56oG2
    // 	6QG+WTViT1C8rlgtVwkCFNOXr0kSSRs8FdaPllqKxK1hxYSL7zwNpumsk39F2cDt
    // 	vhcekvH0V3BuGrQFm3dKN/0azW6GOod9+Vq4VzSyOe3kp15oxLBsZOFOu/REujcw
    // 	Tzu2jt1asQKUm60CZ9wNHpYepR0Ww40uP1slbehEaFDa6V8b60/tlHHmBbJ4/fy5
    // 	hJnYCvjzFz4O9VtT+JtP9ldRHWV3KpZ8ne3AjD+F
    // 	-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

    CkFileAccess fac;
    const char *csrPem = fac.readEntireTextFile("qa_data/csr/csr1.pem","utf-8");

    bool success = csr.LoadCsrPem(csrPem);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(csr.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Examine the contents.
    // If the CSR does not contain a field, the property will
    // contain an empty string.

    strOut.append("Common Name: ");
    strOut.append(csr.commonName());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Country Name (2 letter code)
    strOut.append("Country: ");
    strOut.append(csr.country());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // State or Province Name (full name)
    strOut.append("State: ");
    strOut.append(csr.state());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Locality Name (eg, city)
    strOut.append("Locality: ");
    strOut.append(csr.locality());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Organization Name (eg, company)
    strOut.append("Company: ");
    strOut.append(csr.company());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Organizational Unit Name (eg, secion/division)
    strOut.append("Company Division: ");
    strOut.append(csr.companyDivision());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    strOut.append("Email Address: ");
    strOut.append(csr.emailAddress());
    strOut.append("\r\n");


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }