Add a Decryption Certificate

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Loads a CMS/PKCS #7 encrypted S/MIME message and decrypts it back to the original MIME content.

AddDecryptCert adds a certificate (with private key access) to the collection Chilkat searches when decrypting. Call it once for each candidate certificate.

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.

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim mime As ChilkatMime
mime.Initialize
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/encrypted.eml")
If success = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Add a certificate (with access to its private key) to the collection available for decryption.
'  Call it once per candidate certificate; Chilkat picks the one matching the encrypted message.
Dim pfxPassword As String = "myPfxPassword"
Dim cert As ChilkatCert
cert.Initialize("cert")
success = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/recipient.pfx", pfxPassword)
If success = False Then
    Log(cert.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


success = mime.AddDecryptCert(cert)
If success = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


success = mime.Decrypt
If success = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim body As String = mime.GetBodyDecoded
If mime.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log(body)