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Load CMS PKCS#7 Certificate (.p7b)

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Loads a digital certificate from a Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard PKCS7 (.p7b) file and fetches information about the cert.

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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.

success = cert.LoadFromFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/cer/chilkat.p7b")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' DN = "Distinguished Name"
Debug.WriteLine("SubjectDN:" & cert.SubjectDN)

Debug.WriteLine("Common Name:" & cert.SubjectCN)
Debug.WriteLine("Issuer Common Name:" & cert.IssuerCN)

Debug.WriteLine("Serial Number:" & cert.SerialNumber)