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Export a Private Key as XML

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Demonstrates the Chilkat PrivateKey.GetXml method, which exports the key in Chilkat-compatible XML (for example an RSAKeyValue element). It takes no arguments; the XML is not encrypted.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: The XML key format belongs to the .NET/XML-DSIG world, where keys are represented as XML elements. Exporting to it is what you do to hand a key to .NET code or a system built around XML signatures — the inverse of LoadXml. It is plaintext, so the exported XML must be protected like any unencrypted key.

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llSuccess = .F.

//  Load a private key to export.
loPrivKey = createobject("CkPrivateKey")
llSuccess = loPrivKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/private.pem")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loPrivKey.LastErrorText
    release loPrivKey
    return
endif

//  Export in Chilkat-compatible XML (for example an RSAKeyValue element).  The XML is not
//  encrypted.
lcXml = loPrivKey.GetXml()
if (loPrivKey.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loPrivKey.LastErrorText
    release loPrivKey
    return
endif

? lcXml


release loPrivKey