VBScript

Read a PFX Safe-Bag Attribute

Demonstrates Pfx.GetSafeBagAttr, which reads a recognized safe-bag attribute from a private key or certificate inside the 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.

Background. A safe-bag attribute is metadata attached to an item inside a PKCS#12/PFX container; it does not change the certificate or private-key material. Recognized attributes include friendlyName, keyContainerName, keyName, and localKeyId.

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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 pfx = CreateObject("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.
'  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
password = "myPfxPassword"
success = pfx.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/identity.pfx",password)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(pfx.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Read a recognized safe-bag attribute from an item inside the PFX.  The 1st argument is 1 for a
'  private key or 0 for a certificate, and the 2nd is the zero-based index within that
'  collection.
bForPrivateKey = 1
friendlyName = pfx.GetSafeBagAttr(bForPrivateKey,0,"friendlyName")
If (pfx.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(pfx.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("friendlyName: " & friendlyName)

outFile.Close