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Encrypt using Cert to produce -----BEGIN PKCS7----- ... -----END PKCS7-----

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Demonstrates how to encrypt using a certificate to produce output such as:
-----BEGIN PKCS7-----
MIIHPwYJKoZIhvcNAQcEoIIHMDCCBywC ...
...
...
-----END PKCS7-----
The certificate to be used is not your own, but the certificate of the intended recipient of the message.

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C
#include <C_CkCrypt2.h>
#include <C_CkCert.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkCrypt2 crypt;
    HCkCert cert;
    const char *toBeEncrypted;
    const char *encryptedStr;
    HCkStringBuilder sb;
    const char *outStr;

    success = FALSE;

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

    crypt = CkCrypt2_Create();

    // Specify the encryption to be used.
    // "pki" indicates "Public Key Infrastructure" and will create a PKCS7 encrypted (enveloped) message.
    CkCrypt2_putCryptAlgorithm(crypt,"pki");
    CkCrypt2_putPkcs7CryptAlg(crypt,"aes");
    CkCrypt2_putKeyLength(crypt,128);
    CkCrypt2_putOaepHash(crypt,"sha256");
    CkCrypt2_putOaepPadding(crypt,TRUE);

    // A certificate is needed as the encryption key..
    cert = CkCert_Create();
    success = CkCert_LoadFromFile(cert,"qa_data/certs/testCert.pem");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCert_lastErrorText(cert));
        CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);
        CkCert_Dispose(cert);
        return;
    }

    // Tell the crypt object to use the certificate.
    CkCrypt2_SetEncryptCert(crypt,cert);

    toBeEncrypted = "This string is to be encrypted.";

    // Get the result in multi-line BASE64 MIME format.
    CkCrypt2_putEncodingMode(crypt,"base64_mime");

    encryptedStr = CkCrypt2_encryptStringENC(crypt,toBeEncrypted);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCrypt2_lastErrorText(crypt));
        CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);
        CkCert_Dispose(cert);
        return;
    }

    // Make a "-----BEGIN PKCS7-----" ... "-----END PKCS7-----" sandwich...
    sb = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sb,"-----BEGIN PKCS7-----",TRUE);
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,encryptedStr);
    CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sb,"-----END PKCS7-----",TRUE);

    outStr = CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sb);

    printf("%s\n",outStr);

    // 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-----


    CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);
    CkCert_Dispose(cert);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);

    }