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Convert to DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt)

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Loads a digital certificate from any format and saves to a binary DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt).

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Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert

' LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
' It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
' In this case, load a PEM format certificate and convert to DER.
success = cert.LoadFromFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat.pem")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


success = cert.ExportCertDerFile("chilkat.der")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Converted certificate from PEM to DER format.")