Save a Public Key as an XML File

Demonstrates the Chilkat PublicKey.SaveXmlFile method, which saves the public key as Chilkat XML (the same text as GetXml) to a file. The only argument is the destination path.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: The file-writing form of GetXml, for interoperating with .NET or XML-signature software that reads XML key values. As a public key it is not sensitive, so the resulting file can be shared. No byte-order mark or extra line-ending changes are added.

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#include <C_CkPublicKey.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkPublicKey pubKey;

    success = FALSE;

    //  Load a public key to export.  LoadFromFile inspects the content, so it accepts DER, PEM, XML,
    //  JWK, and other supported representations.
    pubKey = CkPublicKey_Create();
    success = CkPublicKey_LoadFromFile(pubKey,"qa_data/public.pem");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkPublicKey_lastErrorText(pubKey));
        CkPublicKey_Dispose(pubKey);
        return;
    }

    //  Save the public key as Chilkat XML (the same text as GetXml).
    success = CkPublicKey_SaveXmlFile(pubKey,"qa_output/public_key.xml");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkPublicKey_lastErrorText(pubKey));
        CkPublicKey_Dispose(pubKey);
        return;
    }

    printf("Saved.\n");


    CkPublicKey_Dispose(pubKey);

    }