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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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oPfx
LOCAL cPassword
LOCAL cOutputPassword
LOCAL oBd

nSuccess := 0

oPfx := 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.
cPassword := "myPfxPassword"
nSuccess := oPfx:LoadPfxFile("qa_data/identity.pfx", cPassword)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oPfx:LastErrorText
    oPfx:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Serialize the PFX contents as PKCS#12 data into a BinData, using the given output password.
cOutputPassword := "myOutputPassword"
oBd := CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
nSuccess := oPfx:ToBd(cOutputPassword, oBd)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oPfx:LastErrorText
    oPfx:destroy()
    oBd:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Serialized " + Str(oBd:NumBytes) + " bytes of PKCS#12 data."

oPfx:destroy()
oBd:destroy()