Visual Basic 6.0

Load DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt)

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Loads a digital certificate from a binary DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt) and fetches information about the cert. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim cert As New ChilkatCert

' LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
' It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
success = cert.LoadFromFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/cer/chilkat_ssl.cer")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print cert.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' DN = "Distinguished Name"
Debug.Print "SubjectDN:" & cert.SubjectDN

Debug.Print "Common Name:" & cert.SubjectCN
Debug.Print "Issuer Common Name:" & cert.IssuerCN

Debug.Print "Serial Number:" & cert.SerialNumber