Visual Basic 6.0 Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Generate an ECDSA Key

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Demonstrates how to generate an ECDSA key. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

'  Create a Fortuna PRNG and seed it with system entropy.
'  This will be our source of random data for generating the ECC private key.
Dim fortuna As New ChilkatPrng
Dim entropy As String
entropy = fortuna.GetEntropy(32,"base64")
success = fortuna.AddEntropy(entropy,"base64")

Dim ecc As New ChilkatEcc

'  Generate a random ECC private key on the secp256r1 curve.
'  Chilkat also supports other curves, such as secp384r1, secp521r1, and secp256k1.

Dim privKey As New PrivateKey
success = ecc.GenKey("secp256r1",fortuna,privKey)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ecc.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print privKey.GetXml()

'  Save the private key to PKCS8 encrypted PEM
'  (The private key can be saved in a variety of different formats. See the online reference documentation.)
success = privKey.SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile("pemPassword","myPemFiles/eccKey123.pem")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print privKey.LastErrorText
End If

Debug.Print "finished."