(VB.NET) Windows Credentials Manager / Apple Keychain - Get a Binary Secret

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On Windows, fetches the content of a binary secret from the Windows Credentials Manager.

On MacOS or iOS, fetches from the Apple Keychain.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.0 or later.

For more information, see https://cknotes.com/chilkat-secrets-class-added-in-version-10-1-0/

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

Dim secrets As New Chilkat.Secrets

' On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
' On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
secrets.Location = "local_manager"

' Specify the secret to be fetched.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("appName","Test2")
json.UpdateString("service","Custom")
json.UpdateString("domain","Ocean")
json.UpdateString("username","Starfish")

' Get the binary secret data.
Dim bd As New Chilkat.BinData
Dim success As Boolean = secrets.GetSecretBd(json,bd)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(secrets.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' For our testing, the binary secret was a JPG image..
bd.WriteFile("c:/temp/qa_output/starfish.jpg")

Debug.WriteLine("Success.")