VB.NET

Write PKCS1 or PKCS8 Public Key PEM

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Demonstrates how to write either PKCS1 or PKCS8 format PEM files. PKCS1 public keys have this PEM format:

-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
BASE64 ENCODED DATA
-----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----

PKCS8 public keys have this PEM format:

-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
BASE64 ENCODED DATA
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----

VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

success = False

Dim pem As New Chilkat.Pem

' Load a public key from a PEM file.
' (Assume the PEM contains at least one public key..)
success = pem.LoadPemFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/myPublicKey.pem")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(pem.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim i As Integer
Dim numPublicKeys As Integer = pem.NumPublicKeys
If (numPublicKeys = 0) Then
    Debug.WriteLine((("Error: Expected the PEM to contain public keys.")))
    Exit Sub
End If


' Get each public key as PEM, first in PKCS1 format, then in PKCS8.
For i = 1 To numPublicKeys

    ' First output to PKCS1 PEM format:
    Debug.WriteLine("This is PKCS1 format:")
    pem.PublicKeyFormat = "pkcs1"
    Debug.WriteLine(pem.ToPem())

    ' Now PKCS8 PEM format:
    Debug.WriteLine("This is PKCS8 format:")
    pem.PublicKeyFormat = "pkcs8"
    Debug.WriteLine(pem.ToPem())

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