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Load PuTTY Private Key

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Loads a PuTTY private key into an SSH key object.

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#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkSshKeyW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkStringBuilderW sb;
    bool bCrlf = true;
    sb.AppendLine(L"PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"Encryption: aes256-cbc",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"Comment: rsa-key-20161121",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"Public-Lines: 6",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEArIVxZTGYjqqNegJeMqgZzXKuX3YtxmD4DPnQ",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"K01SXoR9UA4wl6RJK5FGonI5spVnddr6HJny0eY5/RmV1dyL0fNdH2pfnHHoTd9B",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"uXG0PcTn4BqJFlybC6NNaGaByqpNPaOgjJIMHXTaeCuDuzwP02f3UKSfLAFdvUNP",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"fX3yrMRabjVcHJpgUn535Y9Y3ZphSFssiElLpp1vo6QLsdiAl0wgU4HLw9Dfg8sh",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"p3zgAufYUUIx2HChITJ7OO/PH5GEbPvJFbYH4Wx33GEe56JCF9QxxDCqNxsPMrvu",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"mqkSIPIELFl5zVYSFD9PiL8RZQcPJGq5zbF9+szsS/6DSH8biw==",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"Private-Lines: 14",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"SVqUm9zBUN6zaAaUY6TLnIXAhxqv4s1UhzukcN7Ns0Fs1EqdDP4nVMKgmiDxHaAj",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"ucb1PLv7uj2eGt69E+HKH4AC2LtJZNH4qLw+p8QKqdN79oRAMHwtS4cU88eeQ91t",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"2W3wzmTzvYFlE6VbUr3bNl3f68OCQHz+7YJuL8g0eclNuveHB/VmBqnek1LL/cRY",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"wmk8wyzHRl7X8fyjGX0PiOPyVwXBDJFNjjKAdrRCRS0Cc4PWAb/18qrA9ApArQVk",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"a5miOMfrXFF2Vg3JyNgfdDilNKkry9x5oTtfueZkFgu/6pofP5qrTstr+BmB16mu",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"MxcDRF+jOm9XvU1OnrzQ9rBzuaHEfhSHqlKyMGTDuzRtNyxlDBgK4DaZ2z1FJQGF",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"63p36KgVqx571PUJ8P/28VUb6s/OtXcjhxxvhC8Eo0wrTdjzDiX+IovdjOhWgn4v",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"xugaYocotTbhqq+O1w9xYtmG8fP921+TIpHzCkE8QTJzLJ40pemKZ+TAOmhb0OUQ",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"jemqmRohcxx7NEoZ0TsoAe6i+GQJ2cEE7LcNcSX3V66AkyTsTieqk1nSxyHyoF+l",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"rTaVOhFM5H8Etzv94SP3c1if3Qa9cmZaEmfaqrS94bzX+OY/zRIFweT0BeMo3Uac",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"fP6gBDBiLYZeRURcx0mYRdNYlssaKoYLA6c7F3ggo34VfgD6LP+ZYnG8yAXGXSPr",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"lgrfdg/szqSsOKVdkoGTkVy+BgrhITnFIs8TLZsrtSEPmXjEa+QvdP6FPsyN5u6P",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"8s0i8EC0KT0YA77Ps29DEU3fxsXVSc9Xd9qdiWfJ0ce2hOsTwxL1gxtXUKP4xCzm",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"oXaWLFajiws2EjgBbwREj12v0I2N4xrpf/PeJq22EvWLYm9H94DdFrkm0b4p6Kmu",bCrlf);
    sb.AppendLine(L"Private-MAC: ef04289f158f498b8050e19f1630b4764fe64ab9",bCrlf);

    CkSshKeyW sshKey;

    // Must specify a password for this PuTTY private key because it is encrypted.
    sshKey.put_Password(L"secret");

    success = sshKey.FromPuttyPrivateKey(sb.getAsString());
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sshKey.lastErrorText());
        wprintf(L"Failed.\n");
    }

    wprintf(L"success = %d\n",success);
    }