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Load Certificate (.cer) and Private Key (.pvk) generated from makecert

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Demonstrates how to load a certificate (.cer) and private key (.pvk) from the files produced by makecert, such as in the following command:

makecert -sv mycertificate.pvk -n "CN=My Simple Certificate" mycertificate.cer -sky Exchange

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oCert
LOCAL oPrivKey
LOCAL oPdf

nSuccess := 0

//  First load the .cer file.
//  The certificate file (.cer) contains only the certificate (does not include the private key)
oCert := CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
nSuccess := oCert:LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs_and_keys/makecert/mycertificate.cer")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oCert:LastErrorText
    oCert:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Next, load the .pvk file.
//  Note: The password "secret" is what you entered when makecert displayed the dialog asking for a password..
oPrivKey := CreateObject("Chilkat.PrivateKey")
nSuccess := oPrivKey:LoadPvkFile("qa_data/certs_and_keys/makecert/mycertificate.pvk", "secret")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oPrivKey:LastErrorText
    oCert:destroy()
    oPrivKey:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Finally, associate the private key with the certificate.
nSuccess := oCert:SetPrivateKey(oPrivKey)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oCert:LastErrorText
    oCert:destroy()
    oPrivKey:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  At this point, the certificate can be used for signing.  For example..
oPdf := CreateObject("Chilkat.Pdf")

//  ....
//  ....

nSuccess := oPdf:SetSigningCert(oCert)

//  ...
//  ....

//  Some Chilkat classes also provide a method where the cert and private key can be passed separately.
//  For example, if SetSigningCert2 is called, then we don't need to explicitly associate the private key with the cert.
nSuccess := oPdf:SetSigningCert2(oCert, oPrivKey)

//  ...
//  ....

oCert:destroy()
oPrivKey:destroy()
oPdf:destroy()