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Encrypt using Cert to produce -----BEGIN PKCS7----- ... -----END PKCS7-----

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Demonstrates how to encrypt using a certificate to produce output such as:
-----BEGIN PKCS7-----
MIIHPwYJKoZIhvcNAQcEoIIHMDCCBywC ...
...
...
-----END PKCS7-----
The certificate to be used is not your own, but the certificate of the intended recipient of the message.

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Objective-C
#import <CkoCrypt2.h>
#import <CkoCert.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

CkoCrypt2 *crypt = [[CkoCrypt2 alloc] init];

//  Specify the encryption to be used.
//  "pki" indicates "Public Key Infrastructure" and will create a PKCS7 encrypted (enveloped) message.
crypt.CryptAlgorithm = @"pki";
crypt.Pkcs7CryptAlg = @"aes";
crypt.KeyLength = [NSNumber numberWithInt:128];
crypt.OaepHash = @"sha256";
crypt.OaepPadding = YES;

//  A certificate is needed as the encryption key..
CkoCert *cert = [[CkoCert alloc] init];
success = [cert LoadFromFile: @"qa_data/certs/testCert.pem"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",cert.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Tell the crypt object to use the certificate.
[crypt SetEncryptCert: cert];

NSString *toBeEncrypted = @"This string is to be encrypted.";

//  Get the result in multi-line BASE64 MIME format.
crypt.EncodingMode = @"base64_mime";

NSString *encryptedStr = [crypt EncryptStringENC: toBeEncrypted];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",crypt.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Make a "-----BEGIN PKCS7-----" ... "-----END PKCS7-----" sandwich...
CkoStringBuilder *sb = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[sb AppendLine: @"-----BEGIN PKCS7-----" crlf: YES];
[sb Append: encryptedStr];
[sb AppendLine: @"-----END PKCS7-----" crlf: YES];

NSString *outStr = [sb GetAsString];

NSLog(@"%@",outStr);

//  Sample output:

//  -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
//  MIICYQYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIICUjCCAk4CAQAxggH5MIIB9QIBADCBsTCBmzELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0Ix
//  GzAZBgNVBAgTEkdyZWF0ZXIgTWFuY2hlc3RlcjEQMA4GA1UEBxMHU2FsZm9yZDEaMBgGA1UEChMR
//  Q09NT0RPIENBIExpbWl0ZWQxQTA/BgNVBAMTOENPTU9ETyBTSEEtMjU2IENsaWVudCBBdXRoZW50
//  aWNhdGlvbiBhbmQgU2VjdXJlIEVtYWlsIENBAhEAuBl4qE2MODB05C5h53M5UDA4BgkqhkiG9w0B
//  AQcwK6APMA0GCWCGSAFlAwQCAQUAoRgwFgYJKoZIhvcNAQEIMAkGBSsOAwIaBQAEggEAyZejlE37
//  awl0bCWVbOCqf9yLSN17mZRamG8FHDh3nNu11G0+oyJtsPDEnSKsQig0V67MZ+hcWV+uf4ytcjyx
//  H0gs5uex+LwkB+c3ZTOt18IYWFtRilg1HFy1ZN3t0D2QbxYy+i1TXOOwp3gAHL45vRCJ0FbKyQ36
//  pKl0XLe+lRvp2EiJCKVjxtX8VcZOKT4xkG7yOARaCQceth6pA58Dg0yzAz7w4nD2UgAlNzrXG69X
//  e+7e7yfBv47RRqFiQqDpCn+fM/PmFbUyqBppMwc64yP+fJek8VyJw2/UaXWWM4iSKSflk90tiHwf
//  loEU3It4arnSv94fZQo0v129aBqpWzBMBgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHQYJYIZIAWUDBAECBBCohUgm5qX+
//  TE6PxtPCmWi8gCBgbNg39emAB+AqLozm+vSLjZOGfg3M52gccKUJ8tg8XQ==
//  -----END PKCS7-----