(C++) CoSign PKCS7/CMS Signed Data

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Demonstrates how to add a 2nd signature to a CMS SignedData. This is to add an additional signature, SignerInfo and certificate(s) to an existing CMS signed data.

In this example, we cosign an existing pdf.p7s

Note: The CoSign method is added in Chilkat v9.5.0.89.

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkCrypt2 crypt;
    CkCert cert;

    // If loading from a smart card, set the smartcard PIN.
    cert.put_SmartCardPin("0000");

    // Load a certificate in some way, such as from a smart card.
    // Chilkat provides other methods to load from a .pfx, .pem, or from the Windows certificate stores..
    bool success = cert.LoadFromSmartcard("");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << cert.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = crypt.SetSigningCert(cert);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << crypt.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Load the file to be co-signed.
    // NOTE:  This is to cosign a PDF file contained within a CMS (PKCS7) message.
    // (In other words, the PDF is contained within the CMS SignedData, rather than the other way around
    // where a CMS signature is contained within a PDF.  Use Chilkat's PDF class to sign a PDF, which is
    // to embed a CMS signature within the PDF.)
    CkBinData bd;
    success = bd.LoadFile("qa_data/p7s/cosign/sample.pdf.p7s");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << "Failed to load pdf.p7s input file." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // bd2 will contain the co-signed result.
    CkBinData bd2;
    success = crypt.CoSign(bd,cert,bd2);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << crypt.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = bd.WriteFile("qa_output/cosigned.pdf.p7s");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << "Failed to save pdf.p7s output file." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Success!" << "\r\n";
    }