Visual Basic 6.0

Load a PFX from BinData

Demonstrates Pfx.LoadPfxBd, which loads a PFX / PKCS#12 container from the bytes held in a BinData object.

The file path is relative to the application's current working directory. An absolute path may also be used. Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.

Background. This is the in-memory equivalent of LoadPfxFile, for when the PKCS#12 data is already available as bytes rather than in a file.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim pfx As New ChilkatPfx

'  The file path is relative to the application's current working directory.  An absolute path
'  may also be used.  Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.
'  Load the PFX bytes into a BinData.
Dim bd As New ChilkatBinData
Dim bLoaded As Long
bLoaded = bd.LoadFile("qa_data/identity.pfx")
If (bLoaded <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "Failed to load the PFX file."
    Exit Sub
End If

'  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
Dim password As String
password = "myPfxPassword"

'  Load the PFX / PKCS#12 container from the bytes held in the BinData.
success = pfx.LoadPfxBd(bd,password)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print pfx.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Loaded " & pfx.NumCerts & " certificate(s)."