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Convert to DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt)

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Loads a digital certificate from any format and saves to a binary DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt).

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

$success = $false

$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert

# LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
# It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
# In this case, load a PEM format certificate and convert to DER.
$success = $cert.LoadFromFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat.pem")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

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

$("Converted certificate from PEM to DER format.")