(VBScript) Load Certificate from .cer and Private Key from .pem

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Load a certificate from a .cer and its associated private key from a .pem.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Cert")
set cert = CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = cert.LoadFromFile("C:/certs_and_keys/Certificate.cer")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbPem = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbPem.LoadFile("C:/certs_and_keys/PrivateKey.pem","utf-8")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Failed to load private key PEM")
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = cert.SetPrivateKeyPem(sbPem.GetAsString())
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("The certificate and associated private key are now loaded and ready for signing.")

outFile.Close