Perl

Load Certificate (.cer) and Private Key (.pvk) generated from makecert

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Demonstrates how to load a certificate (.cer) and private key (.pvk) from the files produced by makecert, such as in the following command:

makecert -sv mycertificate.pvk -n "CN=My Simple Certificate" mycertificate.cer -sky Exchange

Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# First load the .cer file.
# The certificate file (.cer) contains only the certificate (does not include the private key)
my $cert = Chilkat2::Cert->new;
my $success = $cert->LoadFromFile('qa_data/certs_and_keys/makecert/mycertificate.cer');
if (!$success) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Next, load the .pvk file.
# Note: The password "secret" is what you entered when makecert displayed the dialog asking for a password..
my $privKey = Chilkat2::PrivateKey->new;
$success = $privKey->LoadPvkFile('qa_data/certs_and_keys/makecert/mycertificate.pvk', 'secret');
if (!$success) {
    print $privKey->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Finally, associate the private key with the certificate.
$success = $cert->SetPrivateKey($privKey);
if (!$success) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# At this point, the certificate can be used for signing.  For example..
my $pdf = Chilkat2::Pdf->new;

# ....
# ....

$success = $pdf->SetSigningCert($cert);

# ...
# ....

# Some Chilkat classes also provide a method where the cert and private key can be passed separately.
# For example, if SetSigningCert2 is called, then we don't need to explicitly associate the private key with the cert.
$success = $pdf->SetSigningCert2($cert, $privKey);

# ...
# ....