Add a Private Key and Certificate Chain to a PFX

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Demonstrates Pfx.AddPrivateKey, which adds a private key together with its certificate chain to the PFX 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.

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim pfx As New Chilkat.Pfx

'  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 private key.
Dim privKey As New Chilkat.PrivateKey
success = privKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/private_key.pem")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(privKey.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Load the certificate and build its chain of authority.  The chain must contain at least one
'  certificate; the certificate at index 0 is treated as the leaf.
Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/cert.pem")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim chain As New Chilkat.CertChain
success = cert.BuildCertChain(chain)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Add the private key and its certificate chain to the PFX.
success = pfx.AddPrivateKey(privKey,chain)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(pfx.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine("Private key and certificate chain added to the PFX.")