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Load a PFX from an Encoded String

Demonstrates Pfx.LoadPfxEncoded, which decodes text using a named binary encoding (such as base64) and loads the resulting bytes as a PFX / PKCS#12 container.

Background. This is useful when the PKCS#12 data has been transported or stored as printable text, such as base64.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$pfx = New-Object Chilkat.Pfx

#  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
$password = "myPfxPassword"

#  Decode the base64 text into PFX / PKCS#12 bytes and load them.  Common encodings include base64
#  and hex.
$encodedPfx = "MIIKrAIBAzCCCm...base64-encoded-pfx..."
$success = $pfx.LoadPfxEncoded($encodedPfx,"base64",$password)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($pfx.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Loaded " + $pfx.NumCerts + " certificate(s).")