RSA Sign with PKCS8 Encrypted Key

Demonstrates how to load a private key from an encrypted PKCS8 file and create an RSA digital signature.

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uses
    Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
    Dialogs, StdCtrls,
    CHILKATCERTIFICATELib_TLB,
    CHILKATRSALib_TLB,
    OleCtrls;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
pkey: CHILKATCERTIFICATELib_TLB.IPrivateKey;
success: Integer;
pkeyXml: String;
rsa: TChilkatRsa;
strData: String;
hexSig: String;

begin
pkey := TprivateKey.Create(Self).ControlInterface;

//  Load the private key from an RSA PEM file:
pkey.LoadPkcs8EncryptedFile('privateKey.key','myPassword');

//  Get the private key in XML format:
pkeyXml := pkey.GetXml();

rsa := TChilkatRsa.Create(Self);

//  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success := rsa.UnlockComponent('30-day trial');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage('RSA component unlock failed');
    Exit;
  end;

//  Import the private key into the RSA component:
success := rsa.ImportPrivateKey(pkeyXml);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(rsa.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  This example will sign a string, and receive the signature
//  in a hex-encoded string.  Therefore, set the encoding mode
//  to "hex":
rsa.EncodingMode := 'hex';

//  If some other non-Chilkat application or web service is going to be verifying
//  the signature, it is important to match the byte-ordering.
//  The LittleEndian property may be set to 1
//  for little-endian byte ordering,
//  or 0  for big-endian byte ordering.
//  Microsoft apps typically use little-endian, while
//  OpenSSL and other services (such as Amazon CloudFront)
//  use big-endian.
rsa.LittleEndian := 0;

strData := 'This is the string to be signed.';

//  Sign the string using the sha-1 hash algorithm.
//  Other valid choices are "md2", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512",  and "md5".
hexSig := rsa.SignStringENC(strData,'sha-1');

Memo1.Lines.Add(hexSig);
end;