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PKCS7 Encrypt using Multiple Certificates

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Encrypts MIME using multiple digital certificates. Calls AddEncryptCert once per certificate, followed by a call to EncryptN. The MIME may be decrypted by any owner of one of the certificates + its associated private key.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim mime As ChilkatMime
mime.Initialize

'  Build a simple MIME message to be encrypted:
success = mime.AddHeaderField("Content-Type", "text/plain")
success = mime.AddHeaderField("abc", "123")
mime.SetBody("This is a test")

'  A digital certificate is required to create PKCS7 encrypted MIME.
'  It can come from a variety of sources: .cer file, .pfx file, PEM files,
'  an in-memory representation, or directly from a Windows
'  registry-based certificate store.

'  Load one cert from a .cer file:
Dim cert1 As ChilkatCert
cert1.Initialize("cert1")
success = cert1.LoadFromFile("myCert.cer")
If success = False Then
    Log(cert1.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Load another cert ...
Dim cert2 As ChilkatCert
cert2.Initialize("cert2")
success = cert2.LoadFromFile("anotherCert.cer")
If success = False Then
    Log(cert2.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Tell the MIME object to use these certs for encrypting:
'  (AddEncryptCert shouldn't fail if we already know it contains
'  a valid certificate..)
success = mime.AddEncryptCert(cert1)
success = mime.AddEncryptCert(cert2)

'  Encrypt the MIME:
success = mime.EncryptN
If success = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Display the MIME:
Log(mime.GetMime)

'  The resulting S/MIME looks something like this:

'  abc: 123
'  Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7m";
'  Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
'  Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-mime;
'   name="smime.p7m";
'  
'  MIID4QYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIID0jCCA84CAQAxggNlMIIBgQIBADBpMFUxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUw
'  IwYDVQQKExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMR8wHQYDVQQDExZUaGF3dGUgQ29k
'  ZSBTaWduaW5nIENBAhB4ouTcAmLszrGi170k1deSMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUABIIBAKnOPgmISrNH
'  Hd+zESvH5dl5TvBLCxLuIuH6cuZdowHzCqAUzaYFdn1rp88Vvu2x3s6WOvzje/+dE1x0YjEpeqxd
'  ufehlb6Jl9ucxSMWARWMxWGxu0eZGJVt+SBBrVddqdtrIU9lVt5rBxkU67P8PxgbwdNCX3qJENRO
'  P/rvp5ngoCkpIxeGqSkPvWv+CA3IXS8FPs8Sl4HNPiAj3e9RBm2MxI1u4cn1HvgGg8yHgHLMG5JF
'  LzGsmotSQaqEwq2JtOlkjfOwEI+ZhbWQupj6gen2aGc5sW3J26H1usxtV2TQ7WRRxqnZGmlh20dW
'  4lo3kITYI+iapGlJXmrlDYh2CjkwggHcAgEAMIHDMIGuMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzELMAkGA1UECBMC
'  VVQxFzAVBgNVBAcTDlNhbHQgTGFrZSBDaXR5MR4wHAYDVQQKExVUaGUgVVNFUlRSVVNUIE5ldHdv
'  cmsxITAfBgNVBAsTGGh0dHA6Ly93d3cudXNlcnRydXN0LmNvbTE2MDQGA1UEAxMtVVROLVVTRVJG
'  aXJzdC1DbGllbnQgQXV0aGVudGljYXRpb24gYW5kIEVtYWlsAhAj50QEWUPwA+jXOiL8sMwXMA0G
'  CSqGSIb3DQEBAQUABIIBAFQ1cydWC4M9tdgAlCN03kP8eyuXajwT+5ByhOcJhjuCABg7U8w4Rx28
'  braGqV+TCBxjyMsqD0KcW49VT6ZHMpQ1yN8R72qDsidmfm9w3u0jVgsaaBkTJXMy4COY/3cZWmYG
'  dL3Qty8uFeQYddytt6UPJpGJZYsrdFG2doe6qHiRtAxxPrd0GmQRcGvxyDdsojkoBlTMbfwaXOI3
'  xepR/oh60x/3npUCsl2VpNPfo6oZoej6YZGEuz2MvuWvXVhvuqoTqXGwGDgYMxwTbPwklqZiJtsK
'  r5Ep3NlWAQX8MGWL0H+NC22cqJuqUCL05yqyAv+JMCpZGAwOVb/wiVNjpAIwYAYJKoZIhvcNAQcB
'  MBkGCCqGSIb3DQMCMA0CAToECA5NAJY12cU+gDgZFUc+nsQUUbiR1GH8iBVLI+XWlja9TXEe1Hzt
'  NlsOylRVBDzjNxUtX/zC0YR7bs+2Cf4JbyuMOA==