Visual FoxPro

Serialize a PFX to an Encoded String

Demonstrates Pfx.ToEncodedString, which serializes the current PFX contents and returns the PKCS#12 bytes encoded as text using a named encoding.

Background. Common encodings are base64 and hex. This is convenient when the PKCS#12 data must be stored or transmitted as printable text.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loPfx
LOCAL lcPassword
LOCAL lcOutputPassword
LOCAL lcEncoded

lnSuccess = 0

loPfx = CreateObject('Chilkat.Pfx')

*  The file path is relative to the application's current working directory.  An absolute path
*  may also be used.  Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.
*  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
lcPassword = "myPfxPassword"
lnSuccess = loPfx.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/identity.pfx",lcPassword)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loPfx.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loPfx
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  Serialize the PFX contents using the given output password and return the PKCS#12 bytes encoded as
*  text.  Common encodings include base64 and hex.
lcOutputPassword = "myOutputPassword"
lcEncoded = loPfx.ToEncodedString(lcOutputPassword,"base64")
IF (loPfx.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loPfx.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loPfx
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? lcEncoded

RELEASE loPfx