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Load Certificate from .cer and Private Key from .pem

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Load a certificate from a .cer and its associated private key from a .pem. PowerShell

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

$success = $false

$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert
$success = $cert.LoadFromFile("C:/certs_and_keys/Certificate.cer")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$sbPem = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $sbPem.LoadFile("C:/certs_and_keys/PrivateKey.pem","utf-8")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $("Failed to load private key PEM")
    exit
}

$success = $cert.SetPrivateKeyPem($sbPem.GetAsString())
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("The certificate and associated private key are now loaded and ready for signing.")