C

Workaround for the deprecated Crypt2.SignBytesENC method

Shows how to replace the deprecated SignBytesENC method. (Chilkat is moving away from the use of CkByteData.) C

#include <C_CkCrypt2.h>
#include <C_CkCert.h>
#include <C_CkByteData.h>
#include <C_CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkCrypt2 crypt;
    HCkCert cert;
    const char *path;
    HCkByteData inData;
    const char *base64_sig;
    HCkBinData bdIn;

    success = FALSE;

    crypt = CkCrypt2_Create();

    cert = CkCert_Create();
    //  ...
    //  Load the cert from a source such as a .pfx/.p12 file, smart card, USB token, Apple keychain, Windows certificate store, etc.
    //  
    success = CkCrypt2_SetSigningCert(crypt,cert);

    CkCrypt2_putEncodingMode(crypt,"base64");
    CkCrypt2_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,"sha256");

    path = "c:/someDir/example.dat";

    //  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  The SignBytesENC method is deprecated:

    inData = CkByteData_Create();
    CkByteData_loadFile(inData,path);

    base64_sig = CkCrypt2_signBytesENC(crypt,inData);

    //  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Workaround.
    //  (Chilkat is moving away from using CkByteData)

    bdIn = CkBinData_Create();
    CkBinData_LoadFile(bdIn,path);

    base64_sig = CkCrypt2_signBdENC(crypt,bdIn);


    CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);
    CkCert_Dispose(cert);
    CkByteData_Dispose(inData);
    CkBinData_Dispose(bdIn);

    }