(Visual Basic 6.0) Transition from Cert.ExportPrivateKey to Cert.GetPrivateKey

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated ExportPrivateKey method calls with GetPrivateKey.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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Dim cert As New ChilkatCert

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The ExportPrivateKey method is deprecated:

Dim privatekeyObj As PrivateKey
Set privatekeyObj = cert.ExportPrivateKey()
If (cert.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print cert.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' ...
' ...

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Do the equivalent using GetPrivateKey.
' Your application creates a new, empty PrivateKey object which is passed 
' in the last argument and filled upon success.

Dim privatekeyOut As New PrivateKey
Dim success As Long
success = cert.GetPrivateKey(privatekeyOut)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print cert.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If