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Include the SigningCertificateV2 Authenticated Attribute in CAdES (CMS) Signature

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Demonstrates how to include the SigningCertificateV2 authenticated attribute in a CMS (.p7m/.p7s) signature.

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    success := false

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

    crypt := chilkat.NewCrypt2()

    cert := chilkat.NewCert()
    success = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx","test123")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(cert.LastErrorText())
        crypt.DisposeCrypt2()
        cert.DisposeCert()
        return
    }

    // Tell the crypt component to use this cert.
    success = crypt.SetSigningCert(cert)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(crypt.LastErrorText())
        crypt.DisposeCrypt2()
        cert.DisposeCert()
        return
    }

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

    crypt.SetHashAlgorithm("sha256")

    // We can sign any type of file, creating a .p7s as output.
    // The .p7s contains the signature and also embeds the data of the file that is signed.
    inFile := "qa_data/pdf/sample.pdf"
    p7sFile := "qa_output/sample.pdf.p7s"

    jsonSigningAttrs := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("contentType",1)
    jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("signingTime",1)
    jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("messageDigest",1)

    // This is where we specify for the signingCertificateV2 attribute to be included:
    jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("signingCertificateV2",1)

    crypt.SetSigningAttributes(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.SetIncludeCertChain(false)

    // Create the CAdES-BES attached signature, which contains the original data.
    // Note: Chilkat's function naming is not accurate.  CreateP7M creates a PKCS7 signature where the signed file
    // is contained within the signature.  CreateP7S creates a detached PKCS7 signature where the signed file
    // is NOT contained within the signature.  We want the data to be contained in the signature, therefore
    // we call CreateP7M even though we are naming our output file .p7s.
    success = crypt.CreateP7M(inFile,p7sFile)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(crypt.LastErrorText())
        crypt.DisposeCrypt2()
        cert.DisposeCert()
        jsonSigningAttrs.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // Verify the .p7s file and extract the original file from the .p7s. 
    extractedToFilePath := "qa_output/sample.pdf"
    success = crypt.VerifyP7M(p7sFile,extractedToFilePath)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(crypt.LastErrorText())
        crypt.DisposeCrypt2()
        cert.DisposeCert()
        jsonSigningAttrs.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Success!")

    crypt.DisposeCrypt2()
    cert.DisposeCert()
    jsonSigningAttrs.DisposeJsonObject()