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Add a Detached Signature with a Separate Private Key

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.AddDetachedSignaturePk method, which creates a detached signature using a signer certificate and its separately supplied private key. The first argument is the Cert and the second is the PrivateKey.

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: Sometimes the certificate and its private key live apart — a .cer alongside a PEM key file, for instance — rather than bundled in a single PFX. This method pairs them explicitly for signing, whereas AddDetachedSignature expects a Cert that already provides its key. The result is the same multipart/signed message.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Mime
oleobject loo_Cert
oleobject loo_PrivKey

li_Success = 0

loo_Mime = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Mime.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Mime")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Mime
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_Success = loo_Mime.SetBodyFromPlainText("This message will be signed.")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Mime.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Mime
    return
end if

//  Load the certificate and its private key separately.
loo_Cert = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Cert.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Cert")

li_Success = loo_Cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/signer.cer")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Cert.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Mime
    destroy loo_Cert
    return
end if

loo_PrivKey = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_PrivKey.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.PrivateKey")

li_Success = loo_PrivKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/signer_privkey.pem")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_PrivKey.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Mime
    destroy loo_Cert
    destroy loo_PrivKey
    return
end if

//  Create a detached signature when the certificate and private key are supplied separately.  The
//  1st argument is the signer certificate and the 2nd is its private key.
li_Success = loo_Mime.AddDetachedSignaturePk(loo_Cert,loo_PrivKey)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Mime.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Mime
    destroy loo_Cert
    destroy loo_PrivKey
    return
end if

li_Success = loo_Mime.SaveMime("qa_output/signed.eml")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Mime.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Mime
    destroy loo_Cert
    destroy loo_PrivKey
    return
end if

Write-Debug "Detached signature added."


destroy loo_Mime
destroy loo_Cert
destroy loo_PrivKey