(MFC) Encrypt using Cert to produce -----BEGIN PKCS7----- ... -----END PKCS7-----

Demonstrates how to encrypt using a certificate to produce output such as:

-----BEGIN PKCS7-----
MIIHPwYJKoZIhvcNAQcEoIIHMDCCBywC ...
...
...
-----END PKCS7-----

Chilkat C/C++ Library Downloads MS Visual C/C++ Libs

See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkCrypt2.h>
#include <CkCert.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkCrypt2 crypt;

    //  Specify the encryption to be used.
    //  "pki" indicates "Public Key Infrastructure" and will create a PKCS7 encrypted (enveloped) message.
    crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm("pki");
    crypt.put_Pkcs7CryptAlg("aes");
    crypt.put_KeyLength(128);
    crypt.put_OaepHash("sha256");
    crypt.put_OaepPadding(true);

    //  A certificate is needed as the encryption key..
    CkCert cert;
    bool success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/testCert.pem");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(cert.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  Tell the crypt object to use the certificate.
    crypt.SetEncryptCert(cert);

    const char *toBeEncrypted = "This string is to be encrypted.";

    //  Get the result in multi-line BASE64 MIME format.
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("base64_mime");

    const char *encryptedStr = crypt.encryptStringENC(toBeEncrypted);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(crypt.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  Make a "-----BEGIN PKCS7-----" ... "-----END PKCS7-----" sandwich...
    CkStringBuilder sb;
    sb.AppendLine("-----BEGIN PKCS7-----",true);
    sb.Append(encryptedStr);
    sb.AppendLine("-----END PKCS7-----",true);

    const char *outStr = sb.getAsString();

    strOut.append(outStr);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    //  Sample output:

    //  -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
    //  MIICYQYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIICUjCCAk4CAQAxggH5MIIB9QIBADCBsTCBmzELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0Ix
    //  GzAZBgNVBAgTEkdyZWF0ZXIgTWFuY2hlc3RlcjEQMA4GA1UEBxMHU2FsZm9yZDEaMBgGA1UEChMR
    //  Q09NT0RPIENBIExpbWl0ZWQxQTA/BgNVBAMTOENPTU9ETyBTSEEtMjU2IENsaWVudCBBdXRoZW50
    //  aWNhdGlvbiBhbmQgU2VjdXJlIEVtYWlsIENBAhEAuBl4qE2MODB05C5h53M5UDA4BgkqhkiG9w0B
    //  AQcwK6APMA0GCWCGSAFlAwQCAQUAoRgwFgYJKoZIhvcNAQEIMAkGBSsOAwIaBQAEggEAyZejlE37
    //  awl0bCWVbOCqf9yLSN17mZRamG8FHDh3nNu11G0+oyJtsPDEnSKsQig0V67MZ+hcWV+uf4ytcjyx
    //  H0gs5uex+LwkB+c3ZTOt18IYWFtRilg1HFy1ZN3t0D2QbxYy+i1TXOOwp3gAHL45vRCJ0FbKyQ36
    //  pKl0XLe+lRvp2EiJCKVjxtX8VcZOKT4xkG7yOARaCQceth6pA58Dg0yzAz7w4nD2UgAlNzrXG69X
    //  e+7e7yfBv47RRqFiQqDpCn+fM/PmFbUyqBppMwc64yP+fJek8VyJw2/UaXWWM4iSKSflk90tiHwf
    //  loEU3It4arnSv94fZQo0v129aBqpWzBMBgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHQYJYIZIAWUDBAECBBCohUgm5qX+
    //  TE6PxtPCmWi8gCBgbNg39emAB+AqLozm+vSLjZOGfg3M52gccKUJ8tg8XQ==
    //  -----END PKCS7-----


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }