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Add Private Key and Certificate to a PEM

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Demonstrates how to add certificates and private keys to a PEM.

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#include <CkPemW.h>
#include <CkPrivateKeyW.h>
#include <CkCertW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    // The Chilkat PEM class was introduced in v9.5.0.49.  
    // It requires the bundle to be unlocked, as shown above.
    CkPemW pem;

    // Add the private key found in alice.key to this PEM.
    // 
    CkPrivateKeyW privKey;

    success = privKey.LoadAnyFormatFile(L"qa_data/alice.key",L"");
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",privKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Add it to the PEM:
    success = pem.AddPrivateKey(privKey);

    // Add the certificate found in alice.crt to this PEM.
    // 
    CkCertW cert;

    success = cert.LoadFromFile(L"qa_data/alice.crt");
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Add it to the PEM:
    bool includeCertChain = false;
    success = pem.AddCert(cert,includeCertChain);

    // Write the PEM containing the private key and certificate.
    // The private key will be output in PKCS8 encrypted form.
    // Certificates are never encrypted.

    // This is the password that will be required to open and access the private key
    // from the PEM we're about to write..
    const wchar_t *password = L"secret";
    bool extendedAttrs = false;
    bool noKeys = false;
    bool noCerts = false;
    bool noCaCerts = false;
    const wchar_t *encryptAlg = L"aes128";

    const wchar_t *pemStr = pem.toPemEx(extendedAttrs,noKeys,noCerts,noCaCerts,encryptAlg,password);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",pemStr);
    }