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Use an XML Certificate Vault with IMAP

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.UseCertVault method, which associates an XmlCertVault with the Imap object as a source of certificates and private keys for S/MIME operations. The only argument is the vault. Only one vault is associated at a time.

Note: The certificate path is relative to the application's current working directory. Supply the path to your own certificate file.

Background: An XmlCertVault is a portable container that can hold multiple certificates and keys in a single (optionally password-protected) XML file. It is a convenient way to ship the exact set of credentials an application needs without depending on the operating system's certificate stores. Associating a vault makes all of its contents available for S/MIME decryption and signature verification.

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llSuccess = .F.

//  Demonstrates the Imap.UseCertVault method, which associates an XmlCertVault with the Imap
//  object as a source of certificates and private keys for S/MIME operations.  The only
//  argument is the XmlCertVault.

loImap = createobject("CkImap")

loImap.Ssl = .T.
loImap.Port = 993

llSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

llSuccess = loImap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

//  The PFX password is not hard-coded in source.  Insert code here to obtain it from an
//  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.

//  Build a certificate vault and add a PFX to it.
loVault = createobject("CkXmlCertVault")
llSuccess = loVault.AddPfxFile("qa_data/smime.pfx",lcPfxPassword)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loVault.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loVault
    return
endif

//  Associate the vault with the Imap object.  Only one vault is associated at a time.
llSuccess = loImap.UseCertVault(loVault)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loVault
    return
endif

llSuccess = loImap.Disconnect()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loVault
    return
endif



release loImap
release loVault