Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Check for an S/MIME Signing Time

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.HasSignatureSigningTime method, which returns whether the signer at a zero-based index included a CMS signingTime signed attribute. The only argument is the signer index; use NumSignerCerts for the count.

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: A signing time records when the signer claims to have signed, which matters for auditing and for validating a certificate that has since expired. It is an optional signed attribute, so not every signature has one — this predicate lets you check before calling GetSignatureSigningTimeStr, avoiding an error for signers that omitted it. Being a signed attribute, it is covered by the signature and cannot be altered undetected.

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program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Mime;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  mime: TMime;
  n: Integer;
  i: Integer;

begin
  success := False;

  mime := TMime.Create;
  success := mime.LoadMimeFile('qa_data/signed.eml');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mime.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  After verifying, check whether each signer included a CMS signingTime signed attribute.  The
  //  only argument is the zero-based signer index.
  success := mime.Verify();
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mime.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  n := mime.NumSignerCerts;

  for i := 0 to n - 1 do
    begin
      if (mime.HasSignatureSigningTime(i)) then
        begin
          WriteLn('Signer ' + i + ' included a signing time.');
        end
      else
        begin
          WriteLn('Signer ' + i + ' did not include a signing time.');
        end;
    end;



  mime.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.