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Convert to DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt)

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Loads a digital certificate from any format and saves to a binary DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt).

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C++
#include <CkCert.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkCert cert;

    // LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
    // It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
    // In this case, load a PEM format certificate and convert to DER.
    success = cert.LoadFromFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat.pem");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << cert.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = cert.ExportCertDerFile("chilkat.der");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << cert.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Converted certificate from PEM to DER format." << "\r\n";
    }