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Load a PuTTY Public Key

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Demonstrates how to load a PuTTY public key.

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Local $bSuccess = False

; Load a PuTTY public key.
$oPuttyKey = ObjCreate("Chilkat.SshKey")
Local $sPubKeyText = $oPuttyKey.LoadText("qa_data/ppk/putty_public.pem")

; The pubKeyText contains this content:

; 	---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
; 	Comment: "rsa-key-20170126"
; 	AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAx+52s7vvaZ8rT2UdFZWlSUVDHDQ+5ZRFvgRW
; 	6nm2sO1c9WqNg7u2PQL4jeKSDX2XWcMnpleALz2x8Rr4rMy5E1iZzvWov8VtFd8l
; 	fa9HOkgEeJB3VFuYR3NlnD3eyCoYJYPVpHJHrIeui2WZs5vQ76HDe+th8+z5Ald4
; 	zPw3p2c6ZJpBrkSBM67hWokoBDi23c7NhszDHhJBrv+B98cQxnagI1PUKqN7E8Vg
; 	bNtBI8beIMHyI69up9G1AXSEi0cGIjYNx9RNUPau1mRk/SvfqxgWkAjM005lj7hc
; 	bOsjbdKK3T2NtrKTaYjEiXlEXcj1iGuApsD/m73pYaEJB3Nd7w==
; 	---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----

$bSuccess = $oPuttyKey.FromRfc4716PublicKey($sPubKeyText)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oPuttyKey.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; If desired, convert to other public key formats:
Local $sOpenSshPubKeyStr = $oPuttyKey.ToOpenSshPublicKey()
ConsoleWrite($sOpenSshPubKeyStr & @CRLF)

; openSshPubKeyStr contains:
; ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAx+52s7vvaZ8rT2UdFZWlSUVDHDQ+5ZRFvgRW6nm2sO1c9WqNg7u2PQL4jeKSDX2XWcMnpleALz2x8Rr4rMy5E1iZzvWov8VtFd8lfa9HOkgEeJB3VFuYR3NlnD3eyCoYJYPVpHJHrIeui2WZs5vQ76HDe+th8+z5Ald4zPw3p2c6ZJpBrkSBM67hWokoBDi23c7NhszDHhJBrv+B98cQxnagI1PUKqN7E8VgbNtBI8beIMHyI69up9G1AXSEi0cGIjYNx9RNUPau1mRk/SvfqxgWkAjM005lj7hcbOsjbdKK3T2NtrKTaYjEiXlEXcj1iGuApsD/m73pYaEJB3Nd7w== rsa-key-20170126

; Convert to an XML format:
Local $sXmlPubKeyStr = $oPuttyKey.ToXml()
ConsoleWrite($sXmlPubKeyStr & @CRLF)

; xmlPubKeyStr contains:
; <RSAPublicKey>
;     <Modulus>x+52s7vvaZ8rT2UdFZWlSUVDHDQ+5ZRFvgRW6nm2sO1c9WqNg7u2PQL4jeKSDX2XWcMnpleALz2x8Rr4rMy5E1iZzvWov8VtFd8lfa9HOkgEeJB3VFuYR3NlnD3eyCoYJYPVpHJHrIeui2WZs5vQ76HDe+th8+z5Ald4zPw3p2c6ZJpBrkSBM67hWokoBDi23c7NhszDHhJBrv+B98cQxnagI1PUKqN7E8VgbNtBI8beIMHyI69up9G1AXSEi0cGIjYNx9RNUPau1mRk/SvfqxgWkAjM005lj7hcbOsjbdKK3T2NtrKTaYjEiXlEXcj1iGuApsD/m73pYaEJB3Nd7w==</Modulus>
;     <Exponent>JQ==</Exponent>
; </RSAPublicKey>
; 
;