(PowerShell) A3 Certificate Sign PDF to pdf.p7s

Demonstrates how to use an A3/A4 certificate on a smartcard or hardware token to convert a PDF into a .p7s file that contains the PDF within a PKCS7 signature (the .p7s format).

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$crypt = New-Object Chilkat.Crypt2

$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert

# If the smartcard or token requires a PIN, we can set it here to avoid the dialog...
$cert.SmartCardPin = "000000"

$success = $cert.LoadFromSmartcard("")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Tell the crypt component to use this cert.
$success = $crypt.SetSigningCert($cert)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($crypt.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# The CadesEnabled property applies to all methods that create PKCS7 signatures. 
# To create a CAdES-BES signature, set this property equal to true. 
$crypt.CadesEnabled = $true

$crypt.HashAlgorithm = "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"

# 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 -eq $false) {
    $($crypt.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Verify the .p7s file and extract the original file from the .p7s. 
$extractedToFilePath = "qa_output/sample.pdf"
$success = $crypt.VerifyP7M($p7sFile,$extractedToFilePath)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($crypt.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Success!")