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Create XAdES using Smart Card or USB Token

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Demonstrates how to create an XAdES signed XML document using a certificate located on a smartcard or USB token.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// Load the XML to be signed.
Dim xmlToSign As New Chilkat.Xml
success = xmlToSign.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/fattura_electronica/docToSign.xml")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(xmlToSign.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim gen As New Chilkat.XmlDSigGen

gen.SigLocation = "p:FatturaElettronica"
gen.SigId = "xmldsig-6f4b994a-7191-4bb1-ab3c-17549515b504"
gen.SigNamespacePrefix = "ds"
gen.SigNamespaceUri = "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
gen.SigValueId = "xmldsig-6f4b994a-7191-4bb1-ab3c-17549515b504-sigvalue"
gen.SignedInfoCanonAlg = "C14N"
gen.SignedInfoDigestMethod = "sha256"

// Create an Object to be added to the Signature.
// Note: Chilkat will automatically populate the strings indicated by "TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT" with actual/correct values
// when the XML is signed.
Dim object1 As New Chilkat.Xml
object1.Tag = "xades:QualifyingProperties"
success = object1.AddAttribute("xmlns:xades","http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#")
success = object1.AddAttribute("xmlns:xades141","http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.4.1#")
success = object1.AddAttribute("Target","#xmldsig-6f4b994a-7191-4bb1-ab3c-17549515b504")
success = object1.UpdateAttrAt("xades:SignedProperties",True,"Id","xmldsig-6f4b994a-7191-4bb1-ab3c-17549515b504-signedprops")
object1.UpdateChildContent "xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningTime","TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT"
success = object1.UpdateAttrAt("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:CertDigest|ds:DigestMethod",True,"Algorithm","http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256")
object1.UpdateChildContent "xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:CertDigest|ds:DigestValue","TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT"
object1.UpdateChildContent "xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:IssuerSerialV2","TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT"

success = gen.AddObject("",object1.GetXml(),"","")

// -------- Reference 1 --------
gen.KeyInfoId = "xmldsig-6f4b994a-7191-4bb1-ab3c-17549515b504-keyinfo"
success = gen.AddSameDocRef("xmldsig-6f4b994a-7191-4bb1-ab3c-17549515b504-keyinfo","sha256","","","")

// -------- Reference 2 --------
success = gen.AddSameDocRef("","sha256","","","")
success = gen.SetRefIdAttr("","xmldsig-6f4b994a-7191-4bb1-ab3c-17549515b504-ref0")

// -------- Reference 3 --------
success = gen.AddObjectRef("xmldsig-6f4b994a-7191-4bb1-ab3c-17549515b504-signedprops","sha256","","","http://uri.etsi.org/01903#SignedProperties")

// ----------------------------------------------------------------
//  Load a certificate that has been pre-installed on the Windows system
//  This includes certificates on smartcards and USB tokens
Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert

//  You may provide the PIN here..
cert.SmartCardPin = "000000"

// Load the certificate on the smartcard currently in the reader (or on the USB token).
// Pass an empty string to allow Chilkat to automatically choose the CSP (Cryptographi Service Provider).
// See Load Certificate on Smartcard for information about explicitly selecting a particular CSP.
success = cert.LoadFromSmartcard("")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(cert.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = gen.SetX509Cert(cert,True)
gen.KeyInfoType = "X509Data"
gen.X509Type = "Certificate"

// Load XML to be signed...
Dim sbXml As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = xmlToSign.GetXmlSb(sbXml)

gen.Behaviors = "IndentedSignature,ForceAddEnvelopedSignatureTransform"

// Sign the XML...
success = gen.CreateXmlDSigSb(sbXml)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(gen.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Save the signed XMl to a file.
success = sbXml.WriteFile("qa_output/signedXml.xml","utf-8",False)

System.DebugLog(sbXml.GetAsString())

// ----------------------------------------
// Verify the signature we just produced...
Dim verifier As New Chilkat.XmlDSig
success = verifier.LoadSignatureSb(sbXml)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(verifier.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim verified As Boolean
verified = verifier.VerifySignature(True)
If (verified <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(verifier.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("This signature was successfully verified.")