(C#) Create Egypt ITIDA CAdES-BES .p7s Signature (with strings in-memory)

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Demonstrates how to create a .p7s signature that fits Egypt's ITIDA requirements.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.75 or greater.

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

Chilkat.Crypt2 crypt = new Chilkat.Crypt2();

Chilkat.Cert cert = new Chilkat.Cert();

// There are many ways to load the certificate.  
// This example was created for a customer using an ePass2003 USB token.
// Assuming the USB token is the only source of a hardware-based private key..
bool success = cert.LoadFromSmartcard("");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Tell the crypt component to use this cert.
success = crypt.SetSigningCert(cert);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject cmsOptions = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
// Setting "DigestData" causes OID 1.2.840.113549.1.7.5 (digestData) to be used.
cmsOptions.UpdateBool("DigestData",true);
cmsOptions.UpdateBool("OmitAlgorithmIdNull",true);
crypt.CmsOptions = cmsOptions.Emit();

// The CadesEnabled property applies to all methods that create CMS/PKCS7 signatures. 
// To create a CAdES-BES signature, set this property equal to true. 
crypt.CadesEnabled = true;

crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256";

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonSigningAttrs = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("contentType",1);
jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("signingTime",1);
jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("messageDigest",1);
jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("signingCertificateV2",1);
crypt.SigningAttributes = jsonSigningAttrs.Emit();

// By default, all the certs in the chain of authentication are included in the signature.
// If desired, we can choose to only include the signing certificate:
crypt.IncludeCertChain = false;

// Make sure we sign the utf-8 byte representation of the JSON string
crypt.Charset = "utf-8";

// Create the CAdES-BES signature.
string textToSign = "\"issuer\"\"address\"\"branchID\"\"0\"\"country\"\"EG\"\"regionCity...";

crypt.EncodingMode = "base64";
string sigBase64 = crypt.SignStringENC(textToSign);
if (crypt.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Base64 signature:");
Debug.WriteLine(sigBase64);