VBScript

Add a Detached Signature (Separate Key, Header Control)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.AddDetachedSignaturePk2 method, which creates a detached signature with a separately supplied certificate and private key, and a third argument controlling transfer of the existing message header fields to the new outer entity.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This combines the two variations — certificate and key supplied separately, plus explicit header placement — for the case that needs both. It is the most flexible of the detached-signature methods; choose it when your key material is separate and you also care about where the message headers end up on the signed result.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

set mime = CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")
success = mime.SetBodyFromPlainText("This message will be signed.")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Load the certificate and its private key separately.
set cert = CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/signer.cer")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set privKey = CreateObject("Chilkat.PrivateKey")
success = privKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/signer_privkey.pem")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(privKey.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Create a detached signature with separately supplied cert and private key, where the 3rd
'  argument controls whether the existing message header fields are transferred to the new outer
'  multipart/signed entity.
transferHeaderFields = 1
success = mime.AddDetachedSignaturePk2(cert,privKey,transferHeaderFields)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = mime.SaveMime("qa_output/signed.eml")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Detached signature added (headers transferred).")

outFile.Close