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Load Certificate from PFX (PKCS#12)

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Loads a digital certificate (and private key, if available) from a PFX file.(also known as PKCS#12)

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llSuccess = .F.

loCert = createobject("CkCert")

// Load from the PFX file
lcPfxFilename = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pfx/chilkat_ssl_pwd_is_test.pfx"
lcPfxPassword = "test"

// A PFX typically contains certificates in the chain of authentication.
// The Chilkat cert object will choose the certificate w/
// private key farthest from the root authority cert.
// To access all the certificates in a PFX, use the 
// Chilkat certificate store object instead.
llSuccess = loCert.LoadPfxFile(lcPfxFilename,lcPfxPassword)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loCert.LastErrorText
    release loCert
    return
endif

// Get some information about the digital certificate, 
// then get the private key...

// DN = "Distinguished Name"
? "SubjectDN:" + loCert.SubjectDN

? "Common Name:" + loCert.SubjectCN
? "Issuer Common Name:" + loCert.IssuerCN

? "Serial Number:" + loCert.SerialNumber

loPrivKey = createobject("CkPrivateKey")
llSuccess = loCert.GetPrivateKey(loPrivKey)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loCert.LastErrorText
    release loCert
    release loPrivKey
    return
endif

// The private key object may be used in any Chilkat methods
// (in other objects/classes) that expect a private key argument.

// In this case, save the private key to a PKCS8 Encrypted PEM format file:
lcPemPassword = "secret"
lcPemPath = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat_privKey.pem"
llSuccess = loPrivKey.SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile(lcPemPassword,lcPemPath)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loPrivKey.LastErrorText
    release loCert
    release loPrivKey
    return
endif

? "Private key saved to PKCS8 Encrypted PEM..."


release loCert
release loPrivKey