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PKCS7 Decrypt Using .pfx or .p12 File

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Demonstrates how to decrypt MIME using a specifc PFX file (.pfx or .p12) for the source of certificate(s) and private key(s).

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Ruby
require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

mime = Chilkat::CkMime.new()

# Load the MIME
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("encrypted.mim")
if (success == false)
    print mime.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Decrypt using a specific PFX file:
pfxPassword = "myPassword"
success = mime.DecryptUsingPfxFile("c:/myPfxFiles/myCertAndPrivateKey.pfx",pfxPassword)
if (success == false)
    print mime.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Display the decrypted MIME:
print mime.getMime() + "\n";

# Note: The MIME to be decrypted should look something like this
# when viewed in a text editor:
# (Note that the Content-Type is application/x-pkcs7-mime)

# Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7m"
# Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
# Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-mime;
#  name="smime.p7m"
# 
# MIICRAYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIICNTCCAjECAQAxggHIMIIBxAIBADCBqzCBlTELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMx
# CzAJBgNVBAgTAlVUMRcwFQYDVQQHEw5TYWx0IExha2UgQ2l0eTEeMBwGA1UEChMVVGhlIFVTRVJU
# UlVTVCBOZXR3b3JrMSEwHwYDVQQLExhodHRwOi8vd3d3LnVzZXJ0cnVzdC5jb20xHTAbBgNVBAMT
# FFVUTi1VU0VSRmlyc3QtT2JqZWN0AhEA5vxolKNrYgp1Z7ABICdK+zANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASC
# AQAJ68jTh3u3ovsOuz1aHXTV90GBB6DMfCdx0bZ85trSvDXBevMOtQdctz653de8EB2xU4RlaPQa
# oBpF8G01PMaKezd+FGLbhm7gmKl7boej3BboUzM4wrwjc8qHTGc/haT1ZA3jUU3DR4emVXNmRgWc
# FDU5Dnkf+Z2YXQop9wPCf1Ng+8LLjBX9yxgXP1ZyFDe9vUnSkk2fmZatEY2Y6eWHNbrj6q4F40qN
# PAyZW1rJSFmKTSPSzv7S0VWBMh+FgUKtqk4I6/+zhneLYeJBZFskmMIGFpgKdgrN7vbbr1a2gv/M
# PbHUxwKMD4KZ2auyuGKMVLBOm+n8v5f8EegloL/UMGAGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAZBggqhkiG9w0DAjAN
# AgE6BAgcohHNLdl9FoA4q22x8vXs05wuScRgLhwMOzvdGQkBJx+6iQDBuoCVxF8sQ35g+0PPxN3M
# 6Zw6nI1gSIIKBS3ZjtI=