(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.)

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#include <CkCrypt2.h>
#include <CkCert.h>
#include <CkByteData.h>
#include <CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkCrypt2 crypt;

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

    crypt.put_EncodingMode("base64");
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha256");

    const char *path = "c:/someDir/example.dat";

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

    CkByteData inData;
    inData.loadFile(path);

    const char *base64_sig = crypt.signBytesENC(inData);

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

    CkBinData bdIn;
    bdIn.LoadFile(path);

    base64_sig = crypt.signBdENC(bdIn);
    }