VBScript

Serialize a PFX to BinData

Demonstrates Pfx.ToBd, which serializes the current PFX contents as PKCS#12 data into a BinData object, using the supplied output password.

Background. This is the in-memory equivalent of ToFile, producing the PKCS#12 bytes for further processing or transport.

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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

'  Serialize the PFX contents as PKCS#12 data into a BinData, using the given output password.
outputPassword = "myOutputPassword"
set bd = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = pfx.ToBd(outputPassword,bd)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(pfx.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Serialized " & bd.NumBytes & " bytes of PKCS#12 data.")

outFile.Close