Visual Basic 6.0 Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Generate RSA Public/Private Key Pair and Export to PEM

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_LANGUAGE_ example code showing how to generate an RSA public/private key pair and export to PEM files. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim rsa As New ChilkatRsa

'  Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
'  key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 8192 bits.
Dim privKey As New PrivateKey
success = rsa.GenKey(2048,privKey)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print rsa.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim pubKey As New PublicKey
success = privKey.ToPublicKey(pubKey)

'  Save the private key in PEM format:
success = privKey.SavePemFile("privateKey.pem")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print privKey.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Save the public key in PEM format:
success = pubKey.SavePemFile(0,"publicKey.pem")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print pubKey.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Success."