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Send Signed Email using PFX File (long version)
Demonstrates how to send a signed email using a digital certificate w/ private key stored in a PFX file.Chilkat Unicode C Downloads
#include <C_CkMailManW.h>
#include <C_CkEmailW.h>
#include <C_CkCertStoreW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkCertW.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
BOOL success;
HCkMailManW mailman;
HCkEmailW email;
HCkCertStoreW certStore;
HCkJsonObjectW jsonE;
HCkCertW cert;
HCkCertW cert2;
success = FALSE;
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
// The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
mailman = CkMailManW_Create();
// Set the SMTP server.
CkMailManW_putSmtpHost(mailman,L"smtp.mymailserver.com");
// Create a new email object
email = CkEmailW_Create();
CkEmailW_putSubject(email,L"This email is signed");
CkEmailW_putBody(email,L"This is a digitally signed mail");
CkEmailW_putFrom(email,L"Chilkat Admin <admin@chilkatsoft.com>");
success = CkEmailW_AddTo(email,L"Chilkat Support",L"support@chilkatsoft.com");
// Indicate that the email should be sent signed.
CkEmailW_putSendSigned(email,TRUE);
// Load a PFX file into a certificate store object.
// Then locate the certificate matching the sender's email address,
// and use it for signing.
// (a PFX file may contain more than one certificate.)
certStore = CkCertStoreW_Create();
// The 1st argument is the path of the PFX file, the 2nd arg is the
// PFX file's password:
success = CkCertStoreW_LoadPfxFile(certStore,L"/pfx_files/chilkatsoft_secret.pfx",L"secret");
if (success != TRUE) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",CkCertStoreW_lastErrorText(certStore));
CkMailManW_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
return;
}
// Find the certificate for the email address:
jsonE = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(jsonE,L"email",L"admin@chilkatsoft.com");
cert = CkCertW_Create();
success = CkCertStoreW_FindCert(certStore,jsonE,cert);
if (success == FALSE) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",CkCertStoreW_lastErrorText(certStore));
CkMailManW_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonE);
CkCertW_Dispose(cert);
return;
}
// Alternatively, if a PFX file is known to contain a single certificate,
// you may load it directly into a Chilkat certificate object.
// This snippet of source code shows how:
cert2 = CkCertW_Create();
// The 1st argument is the filename, the 2nd arg is the
// PFX file's password:
success = CkCertW_LoadPfxFile(cert2,L"/pfx_files/chilkatsoft_secret.pfx",L"secret");
if (success != TRUE) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",CkCertW_lastErrorText(cert2));
CkMailManW_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonE);
CkCertW_Dispose(cert);
CkCertW_Dispose(cert2);
return;
}
// This example will use the cert from the certStore...
success = CkEmailW_SetSigningCert(email,cert);
// Signed email can be sent in two different ways.
// In a multipart/signed email, the signature is attached as a separate MIME part.
// In an opaque email (signedData) the content of the email is encapsulated within the signature
// and the email is sent as "application/pkcs7-mime".
// Either should be fine, but some receiving systems might require one or the other..
CkMailManW_putOpaqueSigning(mailman,FALSE);
// Send a signed email.
success = CkMailManW_SendEmail(mailman,email);
if (success != TRUE) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",CkMailManW_lastErrorText(mailman));
}
else {
// The LastErrorText property provides information
// even when successful.
wprintf(L"%s\n",CkMailManW_lastErrorText(mailman));
wprintf(L"Mail Sent!\n");
}
CkMailManW_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonE);
CkCertW_Dispose(cert);
CkCertW_Dispose(cert2);
}