(Mono C#) Encrypt/Decrypt using PFX to produce -----BEGIN PKCS7----- ... -----END PKCS7-----

First we encrypt using a certificate + public key to produce output such as:

-----BEGIN PKCS7-----
MIIHPwYJKoZIhvcNAQcEoIIHMDCCBywC ...
...
...
-----END PKCS7-----

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

Chilkat.Crypt2 crypt = new Chilkat.Crypt2();

// Specify the encryption to be used.
// "pki" indicates "Public Key Infrastructure" and will create a PKCS7 encrypted (enveloped) message.
crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "pki";
crypt.Pkcs7CryptAlg = "aes";
crypt.KeyLength = 128;
crypt.OaepHash = "sha256";
crypt.OaepPadding = true;

// A certificate is needed as the encryption key.
// Althought the PFX contains the associated private key, we don't need it for encryption.
// (A certificate usually contains the public key by default.)
Chilkat.Cert cert = new Chilkat.Cert();
bool success = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx","test123");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Tell the crypt object to use the certificate.
crypt.SetEncryptCert(cert);

string toBeEncrypted = "This string is to be encrypted.";

// Get the result in multi-line BASE64 MIME format.
crypt.EncodingMode = "base64_mime";

string encryptedStr = crypt.EncryptStringENC(toBeEncrypted);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Make a "-----BEGIN PKCS7-----" ... "-----END PKCS7-----" sandwich...
Chilkat.StringBuilder sb = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sb.AppendLine("-----BEGIN PKCS7-----",true);
sb.Append(encryptedStr);
sb.AppendLine("-----END PKCS7-----",true);

string outStr = sb.GetAsString();

Debug.WriteLine(outStr);

// Sample output:

// -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
// MIICXAYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIICTTCCAkkCAQAxggH0MIIB8AIBADCBrDCBlzELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0Ix
// GzAZBgNVBAgTEkdyZWF0ZXIgTWFuY2hlc3RlcjEQMA4GA1UEBxMHU2FsZm9yZDEaMBgGA1UEChMR
// Q09NT0RPIENBIExpbWl0ZWQxPTA7BgNVBAMTNENPTU9ETyBSU0EgQ2xpZW50IEF1dGhlbnRpY2F0
// aW9uIGFuZCBTZWN1cmUgRW1haWwgQ0ECEB6M1ZwZdZU7LrAIdurulmUwOAYJKoZIhvcNAQEHMCug
// DzANBglghkgBZQMEAgEFAKEYMBYGCSqGSIb3DQEBCDAJBgUrDgMCGgUABIIBAK/BZG/iXJ8az7zL
// 8EQ77mc+oDPQ4w1hyytK2ip4djkPVvTfYhcoDQ+G/DBU+urJfrVBi5H9gmpXwYyfKlyUxBVRVEJl
// V/V5QQi4JmNTFbmgWh5tp9zDS98l6A2Va4Zs0Wy/owGLfvwitlxd1dsfVAV2hmBYS24BMpNcty5/
// 0atcKYmSou13G78ztTKdMy1tECgZy8kerMsPdDQbSxEZkT3KpQ8C5uEQqYF3bIVaeZzha/Ywieh/
// tvO0T4aAmeJufwkNdVECmU7kuhnNaVPXknFl7jeibTl6zA/VcJKBKcIYT9FRC7KjdooI8q+jtQ/V
// k6RP4POaowkFg1QWRPEWeqIwTAYJKoZIhvcNAQcBMB0GCWCGSAFlAwQBAgQQEEFQduqeJqXQXzy4
// JpkoDoAgdldJDB9zEkpMpgr5/fR2iLvh5kC6BPfhOYjsawBY4Ok=
// -----END PKCS7-----

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Let's Decrypt the above string.

// Start with what was produced above..
sb.Clear();
bool bCrlf = true;
sb.AppendLine("-----BEGIN PKCS7-----",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("MIICXAYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIICTTCCAkkCAQAxggH0MIIB8AIBADCBrDCBlzELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0Ix",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("GzAZBgNVBAgTEkdyZWF0ZXIgTWFuY2hlc3RlcjEQMA4GA1UEBxMHU2FsZm9yZDEaMBgGA1UEChMR",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("Q09NT0RPIENBIExpbWl0ZWQxPTA7BgNVBAMTNENPTU9ETyBSU0EgQ2xpZW50IEF1dGhlbnRpY2F0",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("aW9uIGFuZCBTZWN1cmUgRW1haWwgQ0ECEB6M1ZwZdZU7LrAIdurulmUwOAYJKoZIhvcNAQEHMCug",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("DzANBglghkgBZQMEAgEFAKEYMBYGCSqGSIb3DQEBCDAJBgUrDgMCGgUABIIBAK/BZG/iXJ8az7zL",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("8EQ77mc+oDPQ4w1hyytK2ip4djkPVvTfYhcoDQ+G/DBU+urJfrVBi5H9gmpXwYyfKlyUxBVRVEJl",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("V/V5QQi4JmNTFbmgWh5tp9zDS98l6A2Va4Zs0Wy/owGLfvwitlxd1dsfVAV2hmBYS24BMpNcty5/",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("0atcKYmSou13G78ztTKdMy1tECgZy8kerMsPdDQbSxEZkT3KpQ8C5uEQqYF3bIVaeZzha/Ywieh/",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("tvO0T4aAmeJufwkNdVECmU7kuhnNaVPXknFl7jeibTl6zA/VcJKBKcIYT9FRC7KjdooI8q+jtQ/V",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("k6RP4POaowkFg1QWRPEWeqIwTAYJKoZIhvcNAQcBMB0GCWCGSAFlAwQBAgQQEEFQduqeJqXQXzy4",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("JpkoDoAgdldJDB9zEkpMpgr5/fR2iLvh5kC6BPfhOYjsawBY4Ok=",bCrlf);
sb.AppendLine("-----END PKCS7-----",bCrlf);

Chilkat.Crypt2 decrypt = new Chilkat.Crypt2();
decrypt.CryptAlgorithm = "pki";

// Use the same cert + private key from the PFX above.
// For decryption, we need the private key.  Given that the certificate was loaded from a PFX,
// we should already have it.
success = decrypt.SetDecryptCert(cert);

decrypt.EncodingMode = "base64";
string decryptedText = decrypt.DecryptStringENC(sb.GetBetween("-----BEGIN PKCS7-----","-----END PKCS7-----"));

Debug.WriteLine(decryptedText);