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Include the SigningCertificateV2 Authenticated Attribute in CAdES (CMS) Signature

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Demonstrates how to include the SigningCertificateV2 authenticated attribute in a CMS (.p7m/.p7s) signature.

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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

let crypt = chilkat::Crypt2::new();

let cert = chilkat::Cert::new();
if cert.load_pfx_file("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx", "test123").is_err() {
    println!("{}", cert.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Tell the crypt component to use this cert.
if crypt.set_signing_cert(&cert).is_err() {
    println!("{}", crypt.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// The CadesEnabled property applies to all methods that create PKCS7 signatures. 
// To create a CAdES-BES signature, set this property equal to true. 
crypt.set_cades_enabled(true);

crypt.set_hash_algorithm("sha256");

// We can sign any type of file, creating a .p7s as output.
// The .p7s contains the signature and also embeds the data of the file that is signed.
let in_file = "qa_data/pdf/sample.pdf".to_string();
let p7s_file = "qa_output/sample.pdf.p7s".to_string();

let json_signing_attrs = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json_signing_attrs.update_int("contentType", 1);
let _ = json_signing_attrs.update_int("signingTime", 1);
let _ = json_signing_attrs.update_int("messageDigest", 1);

// This is where we specify for the signingCertificateV2 attribute to be included:
let _ = json_signing_attrs.update_int("signingCertificateV2", 1);

crypt.set_signing_attributes(&json_signing_attrs.emit().unwrap_or_default());

// By default, all the certs in the chain of authentication are included in the signature.
// If desired, we can choose to only include the signing certificate:
crypt.set_include_cert_chain(false);

// Create the CAdES-BES attached signature, which contains the original data.
// Note: Chilkat's function naming is not accurate.  CreateP7M creates a PKCS7 signature where the signed file
// is contained within the signature.  CreateP7S creates a detached PKCS7 signature where the signed file
// is NOT contained within the signature.  We want the data to be contained in the signature, therefore
// we call CreateP7M even though we are naming our output file .p7s.
if crypt.create_p7_m(&in_file, &p7s_file).is_err() {
    println!("{}", crypt.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Verify the .p7s file and extract the original file from the .p7s. 
let extracted_to_file_path = "qa_output/sample.pdf".to_string();
if crypt.verify_p7_m(&p7s_file, &extracted_to_file_path).is_err() {
    println!("{}", crypt.last_error_text());
    return;
}

println!("Success!");