(VB.NET) Examine the Contents of a .p7m by Converting to XML

Examines the contents of a .p7m signature by converting it to XML.

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


Dim asn As New Chilkat.Asn

Dim success As Boolean = asn.LoadBinaryFile("qa_data/p7m/a.p7m")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(asn.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Convert to XML.
Dim strXml As String = asn.AsnToXml()

' The XML returned by AsnToXml will be compact.
' To get the XML indented in human-readable form, load
' into the Chilkat XML object and emit..
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.LoadXml(strXml)

Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())
xml.SaveXml("qa_output/a.xml")


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' Also see Chilkat's online tool to examine a .p7m and generate code to duplicate the .p7m
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