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Computing the hash for a file of any size.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkCrypt2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkCrypt2W crypt;
    const wchar_t *filename;
    const wchar_t *hash;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    crypt = CkCrypt2W_Create();

    // Any type of file may be hashed.
    // There is  no size limitation because the file is consumed
    // in streaming mode internally.

    filename = L"something.zip";

    CkCrypt2W_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,L"sha1");
    CkCrypt2W_putEncodingMode(crypt,L"hex");

    // Other possible EncodingMode settings are: 
    // "quoted-printable", "base64", "base32", and "url"

    hash = CkCrypt2W_hashFileENC(crypt,filename);
    wprintf(L"SHA1:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",hash);

    // Hash using MD2
    CkCrypt2W_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,L"md2");
    hash = CkCrypt2W_hashFileENC(crypt,filename);
    wprintf(L"MD2:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",hash);

    // Hash using MD5
    CkCrypt2W_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,L"md5");
    hash = CkCrypt2W_hashFileENC(crypt,filename);
    wprintf(L"MD5:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",hash);

    // Hash using SHA-256
    CkCrypt2W_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,L"sha256");
    hash = CkCrypt2W_hashFileENC(crypt,filename);
    wprintf(L"SHA256:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",hash);

    // Hash using SHA-384
    CkCrypt2W_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,L"sha384");
    hash = CkCrypt2W_hashFileENC(crypt,filename);
    wprintf(L"SHA384:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",hash);

    // Hash using SHA-512
    CkCrypt2W_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,L"sha512");
    hash = CkCrypt2W_hashFileENC(crypt,filename);
    wprintf(L"SHA512:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",hash);

    // Hash using HAVAL
    // There are two additional properties relevant to HAVAL:
    // HavalRounds, and KeyLength.
    // HavalRounds can have values of 3, 4, or 5.
    // KeyLength can have values of 128, 160, 192, 224, or 256
    CkCrypt2W_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,L"haval");
    CkCrypt2W_putHavalRounds(crypt,5);
    CkCrypt2W_putKeyLength(crypt,256);
    hash = CkCrypt2W_hashFileENC(crypt,filename);
    wprintf(L"Haval:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",hash);


    CkCrypt2W_Dispose(crypt);

    }