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DSA Public Key PEM to DER Conversion

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Converts a DSA public key from PEM format to DER.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$dsa = chilkat::CkDsa->new();

# Load a PEM public key.

$pemPublicKey = $dsa->loadText("dsa_pub.pem");
# Import the public key PEM into the DSA object.
$success = $dsa->FromPublicPem($pemPublicKey);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $dsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Write it out as a DER file:
$success = $dsa->ToPublicDerFile("dsa_pub.der");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $dsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Finished!" . "\r\n";