Add a Detached Signature (Header Placement Control)

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.AddDetachedSignature2 method, which creates the same multipart/signed structure as AddDetachedSignature, with a second argument controlling whether the existing message header fields are transferred to the new outer entity.

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Background: Signing wraps the content in a new outer multipart/signed, which raises the question of where the message-level headers (Subject, From, To) should live. This variant lets you choose: transfer them up to the outer entity so the signed message looks like a normal email, or leave them on the inner part. Transferring is typical for email; the finer control matters when the signed entity is embedded in a larger structure.

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bool success = false;

Chilkat.Mime mime = new Chilkat.Mime();
success = mime.SetBodyFromPlainText("This message will be signed.");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Load the signing certificate (which must have access to its private key) from a PFX file.
//  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
string pfxPassword = "myPfxPassword";
Chilkat.Cert cert = new Chilkat.Cert();
success = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/signer.pfx",pfxPassword);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  AddDetachedSignature2 is the same as AddDetachedSignature, but the 2nd argument controls whether
//  the existing message header fields are transferred to the new outer multipart/signed entity.
bool transferHeaderFields = true;
success = mime.AddDetachedSignature2(cert,transferHeaderFields);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

success = mime.SaveMime("qa_output/signed.eml");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Detached signature added (headers transferred).");