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Decrypt2

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Demonstrates how to decrypt MIME using a certificate and private key where the certificate and its corresponding private key are stored in separate files -- a .cer for the certificate, and a .pem for the private key.

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Node.js
NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var mime = new chilkat.Mime();

    // Load the certificate from a .cer file.
    var cert = new chilkat.Cert();
    success = cert.LoadFromFile("aaworkarea/myCert.cer");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(cert.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Load the private key from an encrypted PEM file.
    // (A private key can be loaded from other file formats also..)
    var privKey = new chilkat.PrivateKey();
    success = privKey.LoadEncryptedPemFile("aaworkarea/myPrivateKey.pem","myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(privKey.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = mime.LoadMimeFile("aaworkarea/encryptedMime.txt");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mime.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Decrypt using the cert and associated private key
    success = mime.Decrypt2(cert,privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mime.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Save the S/MIME to a file.
    success = mime.SaveMime("aaworkarea/decryptedMime.txt");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mime.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("success!");

}

chilkatExample();