Sample code for 30+ languages & platforms
Visual Basic 6.0

Use an XmlCertVault for S/MIME Operations

See more MIME Examples

Loads a CMS/PKCS #7 encrypted S/MIME message and decrypts it back to the original MIME content.

UseCertVault sets an XmlCertVault as the single active source of certificates and private keys for S/MIME encryption, decryption, signing, and verification.

The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background. A certificate vault is a convenient container for one or more certificates and keys. Only one vault is active at a time; assigning a new vault replaces the previous one.

Chilkat Visual Basic 6.0 Downloads

Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim mime As New ChilkatMime
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/encrypted.eml")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print mime.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Use an XmlCertVault as the source of certificates and private keys for S/MIME operations.  The
'  only argument is the vault.  Only one vault is active at a time.
Dim vault As New ChilkatXmlCertVault
Dim pfxPassword As String
pfxPassword = "myPfxPassword"
success = vault.AddPfxFile("qa_data/recipient.pfx",pfxPassword)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print vault.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = mime.UseCertVault(vault)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print mime.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Decryption (and signing/verification) now draws credentials from the vault.
success = mime.Decrypt()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print mime.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Decrypted using the certificate vault."