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Export a PFX as PEM Text

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Demonstrates Pfx.ToPem, which exports all private keys and certificates currently held by the object as PEM-formatted text.

Background. Certificates are written as standard BEGIN CERTIFICATE blocks. This converts PKCS#12 material into the widely used PEM format.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    --  The file path is relative to the application's current working directory.  An absolute path
    --  may also be used.  Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.
    --  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
    DECLARE @password nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @password = 'myPfxPassword'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pfx, 'LoadPfxFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/identity.pfx', @password
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pfx, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfx
        RETURN
      END

    --  Export all private keys and certificates currently held by the object as PEM-formatted text.
    DECLARE @pem nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pfx, 'ToPem', @pem OUT
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pfx, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pfx, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfx
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @pem

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfx


END
GO