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Duplicate OpensSSL to Create Signature using Cert and Key Files

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This example duplicates the following:
openssl smime –sign -in something.xml -out something.der -signer mycert.crt -inkey cert.key -outform der –nodetach

Note: Although "smime" is the OpenSSL command, it's not actually producing S/MIME. The arguments "-outform der -binary" indicates that the output is binary DER (i.e. the PKCS7 binary signature). The input can be any type of file: XML, PDF, JPG, ... *anything*...

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

success = 0

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

set crypt = CreateObject("Chilkat.Crypt2")

' Load the cert and private key from separate files.
set cert = CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = cert.LoadFromFile("myCert.crt")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set bd = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = bd.LoadFile("cert.key")
set privkey = CreateObject("Chilkat.PrivateKey")
' Load from any format private key.
' If the file does not need a password, the 2nd arg is ignored.
success = privkey.LoadAnyFormat(bd,"password_if_needed")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(privkey.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = crypt.SetSigningCert2(cert,privkey)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Create the opaque signature (PKCS7 binary DER that contains both the signature and original file data).
success = crypt.CreateP7M("qa_data/infile.anything","qa_output/outfile.der")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Success.")

outFile.Close