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Perl Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77+

Create CAdES-BES .p7m using Smart Card or USB Token

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Demonstrates how to create a CAdES BES invoice.xml.p7m using a certificate stored on a smart card or USB token.

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Chilkat2 Perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

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

my $crypt = Chilkat2::Crypt2->new;

# Use a certificate on a smartcard or USB token.
my $cert = Chilkat2::Cert->new;
# Load the certificate on the smartcard currently in the reader (or on the USB token).
# Pass an empty string to allow Chilkat to automatically choose the CSP (Cryptographi Service Provider).
# See Load Certificate on Smartcard for information about explicitly selecting a particular CSP.
my $success = $cert->LoadFromSmartcard('');
if (!$success) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Provide the smartcard PIN.
# If the PIN is not explicitly provided here, the Windows OS should
# display a dialog for the PIN.
$cert->SmartCardPin('000000');

# Provide the certificate for signing.
$success = $crypt->SetSigningCert($cert);
if (!$success) {
    print $crypt->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Indicate that SHA-256 should be used.
$crypt->HashAlgorithm('sha256');

# Specify the signed attributes to be included.
# (This is what makes it CAdES-BES compliant.)
my $jsonSignedAttrs = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$jsonSignedAttrs->UpdateInt('contentType', 1);
$jsonSignedAttrs->UpdateInt('signingTime', 1);
$jsonSignedAttrs->UpdateInt('messageDigest', 1);
$jsonSignedAttrs->UpdateInt('signingCertificateV2', 1);
$crypt->SigningAttributes($jsonSignedAttrs->Emit());

my $inFile = 'qa_data/xml/IT01234567890_11002.xml';
my $sigFile = 'qa_output/IT01234567890_11002.xml.p7m';

# Create the CAdES-BES signature, which contains the original data.
$success = $crypt->CreateP7M($inFile, $sigFile);
if (!$success) {
    print $crypt->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "Success.\n";