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Convert to DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt)

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Loads a digital certificate from any format and saves to a binary DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt).

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CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    DECLARE @cert int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Cert', @cert OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    --  LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
    --  It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
    --  In this case, load a PEM format certificate and convert to DER.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'LoadFromFile', @success OUT, '/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat.pem'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @cert, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'ExportCertDerFile', @success OUT, 'chilkat.der'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @cert, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'Converted certificate from PEM to DER format.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert


END
GO