(C++) Workaround for the deprecated Crypt2.Encode method

Shows how to replace the deprecated Encode method. (Chilkat is moving away from the use of CkByteData.)

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#include <CkCrypt2.h>
#include <CkByteData.h>
#include <CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkCrypt2 crypt;

    const char *path = "c:/someDir/example.dat";

    // Such as base64, hex, hex_lower, etc.
    const char *encoding = "base64";

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The Encode method is deprecated:

    CkByteData inData;
    inData.loadFile(path);

    const char *encodedBytes = crypt.encode(inData,encoding);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Workaround.
    // (Chilkat is moving away from using CkByteData)

    CkBinData bd;
    bd.LoadFile(path);

    encodedBytes = bd.getEncoded(encoding);
    }