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Add Private Key and Certificate to a PEM

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Demonstrates how to add certificates and private keys to a PEM.

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bool success = false;

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

// The Chilkat PEM class was introduced in v9.5.0.49.  
// It requires the bundle to be unlocked, as shown above.
Chilkat.Pem pem = new Chilkat.Pem();

// Add the private key found in alice.key to this PEM.
// 
Chilkat.PrivateKey privKey = new Chilkat.PrivateKey();

success = privKey.LoadAnyFormatFile("qa_data/alice.key","");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(privKey.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Add it to the PEM:
success = pem.AddPrivateKey(privKey);

// Add the certificate found in alice.crt to this PEM.
// 
Chilkat.Cert cert = new Chilkat.Cert();

success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/alice.crt");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Add it to the PEM:
bool includeCertChain = false;
success = pem.AddCert(cert,includeCertChain);

// Write the PEM containing the private key and certificate.
// The private key will be output in PKCS8 encrypted form.
// Certificates are never encrypted.

// This is the password that will be required to open and access the private key
// from the PEM we're about to write..
string password = "secret";
bool extendedAttrs = false;
bool noKeys = false;
bool noCerts = false;
bool noCaCerts = false;
string encryptAlg = "aes128";

string pemStr = pem.ToPemEx(extendedAttrs,noKeys,noCerts,noCaCerts,encryptAlg,password);
Debug.WriteLine(pemStr);