Unicode C

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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#include <C_CkPfxW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkPfxW pfx;
    const wchar_t *password;
    const wchar_t *encodedPfx;

    success = FALSE;

    pfx = CkPfxW_Create();

    //  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
    password = L"myPfxPassword";

    //  Decode the base64 text into PFX / PKCS#12 bytes and load them.  Common encodings include base64
    //  and hex.
    encodedPfx = L"MIIKrAIBAzCCCm...base64-encoded-pfx...";
    success = CkPfxW_LoadPfxEncoded(pfx,encodedPfx,L"base64",password);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPfxW_lastErrorText(pfx));
        CkPfxW_Dispose(pfx);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Loaded %d certificate(s).\n",CkPfxW_getNumCerts(pfx));


    CkPfxW_Dispose(pfx);

    }