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RSA Sign String using Private Key of Certificate Type A3 (smart card / token)

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Demonstrates RSA signing a string using the private key of a certificate type A3 (smart card, token).

Note: This is a Windows-only example.

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#include <C_CkCertStoreW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkCertW.h>
#include <C_CkRsaW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkCertStoreW certStore;
    const wchar_t *thumbprint;
    BOOL bReadOnly;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkCertW cert;
    HCkRsaW rsa;
    BOOL bUsePrivateKey;
    const wchar_t *sigBase64;

    success = FALSE;

    // First get the A3 certificate that was installed on the Windows system.
    certStore = CkCertStoreW_Create();

    thumbprint = L"12c1dd8015f3f03f7b1fa619dc24e2493ca8b4b2";

    // This is specific to Windows because it is opening the Windows Current-User certificate store.
    bReadOnly = TRUE;
    success = CkCertStoreW_OpenCurrentUserStore(certStore,bReadOnly);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkCertStoreW_lastErrorText(certStore));
        CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
        return;
    }

    // Find the certificate with the desired thumbprint
    // (There are many ways to locate a certificate.  This example chooses to find by thumbprint.)
    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"thumbprint",thumbprint);

    cert = CkCertW_Create();
    success = CkCertStoreW_FindCert(certStore,json,cert);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to find the certificate.\n");
        CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkCertW_Dispose(cert);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Found: %s\n",CkCertW_subjectCN(cert));

    rsa = CkRsaW_Create();

    // Provide the cert's private key
    bUsePrivateKey = TRUE;
    success = CkRsaW_SetX509Cert(rsa,cert,bUsePrivateKey);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRsaW_lastErrorText(rsa));
        CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkCertW_Dispose(cert);
        CkRsaW_Dispose(rsa);
        return;
    }

    // Return the RSA signature in base64 encoded form.
    CkRsaW_putEncodingMode(rsa,L"base64");

    // Sign the utf-8 byte representation of the string.
    CkRsaW_putCharset(rsa,L"utf-8");

    // You can also choose other hash algorithms, such as SHA-1.
    sigBase64 = CkRsaW_signStringENC(rsa,L"text to sign",L"SHA-256");
    if (CkRsaW_getLastMethodSuccess(rsa) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRsaW_lastErrorText(rsa));
        CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkCertW_Dispose(cert);
        CkRsaW_Dispose(rsa);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Base64 signature: %s\n",sigBase64);


    CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkCertW_Dispose(cert);
    CkRsaW_Dispose(rsa);

    }