File Format Problem

[proactive]

I have 2 files, one which is in correct format and one incorrect. These are the files included in the zip. The incorrect one I have made myself and now I wonder what's wrong with it.

The content of the correct file is a public key in binary format which is generated by the MS Cryptographic Service Provider in Windows 2000.

My incorrect file is extracted from a digital certificate. I'm not sure if it's binary, but anyway that is the intention. Can anyone see what's wrong?

The zip files content are the two files viewed in hex-mode in UltraEdit, eg. pictures.

Please take a look and help me out!

[mmelby]

I am not sure what you are asking... what are you trying to accomplish?

[proactive]

If you look at the contents of the zip, there are two files. There's something wrong with one of them, eg. the extraction from the certificate did not succeed. I think maybe the content has been cluttered up by a conversions from one MS datatype to another, but I can't be sure. You see, the alorithm for extracting a public key involves a lot of coding and the content of my file has been on a round trip through the Windows API and back again.

My thought was that maybe someone here with a little experience could look at the file and see if it's clutterd or not. But maybe that's impossible?

I found the answer, I had to use another API call. Thanks anyway.