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Examine KeyInfo Certificate in XML Signature

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This example loads signed XML and gets the signing certificate, assuming the certificate is contained in X509Certificate within the KeyInfo.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim dsig As New Chilkat.XmlDSig
Dim sbXml As New Chilkat.StringBuilder

success = sbXml.LoadFile("c:/aaworkarea/elias/3/face_f09006808443a699d1b.xml","utf-8")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("Failed to load XML file.")
    Return
End If

success = dsig.LoadSignatureSb(sbXml)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(dsig.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Get the KeyInfo XML.
Dim xmlKeyInfo As Chilkat.Xml
xmlKeyInfo = dsig.GetKeyInfo()
If (dsig.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(dsig.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog(xmlKeyInfo.GetXml())
System.DebugLog("----")

// Assuming the X509Certificate is in the KeyInfo, it will look like this:

//   <ds:KeyInfo Id="...">
//     <ds:KeyValue>
//     ...  
//     <ds:X509Data>
//       <ds:X509Certificate>MIIHAz...</ds:X509Certificate>
//     </ds:X509Data>
//   </ds:KeyInfo>
Dim certBase64 As String
certBase64 = xmlKeyInfo.GetChildContent("*:X509Data|*:X509Certificate")
If (xmlKeyInfo.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("No X509Certificate found in the KeyInfo.")
    Return
End If

// Load a certificate object w/ the base64.
Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = cert.LoadFromBase64(certBase64)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(cert.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Examine the cert..
System.DebugLog("SubjectDN: " + cert.SubjectDN)
System.DebugLog("IssuerDN: " + cert.IssuerDN)
System.DebugLog("SerialNumber as Decimal: " + cert.SerialDecimal)