(Xojo Plugin) Load Certificate from PFX (PKCS#12)

Loads a digital certificate (and private key, if available) from a PFX file.(also known as PKCS#12)

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Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert

Dim success As Boolean

// Load from the PFX file
Dim pfxFilename As String
pfxFilename = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pfx/chilkat_ssl_pwd_is_test.pfx"
Dim pfxPassword As String
pfxPassword = "test"

// A PFX typically contains certificates in the chain of authentication.
// The Chilkat cert object will choose the certificate w/
// private key farthest from the root authority cert.
// To access all the certificates in a PFX, use the 
// Chilkat certificate store object instead.
success = cert.LoadPfxFile(pfxFilename,pfxPassword)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(cert.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Get some information about the digital certificate, 
// then get the private key...

// DN = "Distinguished Name"
System.DebugLog("SubjectDN:" + cert.SubjectDN)

System.DebugLog("Common Name:" + cert.SubjectCN)
System.DebugLog("Issuer Common Name:" + cert.IssuerCN)

System.DebugLog("Serial Number:" + cert.SerialNumber)

// Now for the private key...
Dim privKey As Chilkat.PrivateKey

privKey = cert.ExportPrivateKey()
If (cert.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(cert.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// The private key object may be used in any Chilkat methods
// (in other objects/classes) that expect a private key argument.

// In this case, save the private key to a PKCS8 Encrypted PEM format file:
Dim pemPassword As String
pemPassword = "secret"
Dim pemPath As String
pemPath = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat_privKey.pem"
success = privKey.SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile(pemPassword,pemPath)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(privKey.LastErrorText)

    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Private key saved to PKCS8 Encrypted PEM...")