VBScript

Serialize a PFX to an Encoded String

Demonstrates Pfx.ToEncodedString, which serializes the current PFX contents and returns the PKCS#12 bytes encoded as text using a named encoding.

Background. Common encodings are base64 and hex. This is convenient when the PKCS#12 data must be stored or transmitted as printable text.

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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 using the given output password and return the PKCS#12 bytes encoded as
'  text.  Common encodings include base64 and hex.
outputPassword = "myOutputPassword"
encoded = pfx.ToEncodedString(outputPassword,"base64")
If (pfx.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(pfx.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(encoded)

outFile.Close