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Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Workaround for the deprecated EncryptString and DecryptString methods

Shows how to replace the deprecated EncryptString and DecryptString methods. (Chilkat is moving away from the use of CkByteData.)

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Delphi DLL
var
success: Boolean;
crypt: HCkCrypt2;
plainText: PWideChar;
encryptedBytes: HCkByteData;
decryptedStr: PWideChar;
bd: HCkBinData;

begin
success := False;

crypt := CkCrypt2_Create();

CkCrypt2_putCryptAlgorithm(crypt,'aes');
CkCrypt2_putCipherMode(crypt,'cbc');
CkCrypt2_putKeyLength(crypt,128);
CkCrypt2_putPaddingScheme(crypt,0);
CkCrypt2_SetEncodedKey(crypt,'000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F','hex');
CkCrypt2_SetEncodedIV(crypt,'000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F','hex');

success := False;

CkCrypt2_putCharset(crypt,'utf-8');
plainText := 'text to be encrypted';

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  The EncryptString and DecryptString methods are deprecated:

encryptedBytes := CkByteData_Create();
success := CkCrypt2_EncryptString(crypt,plainText,encryptedBytes);

decryptedStr := CkCrypt2__decryptString(crypt,encryptedBytes);
Memo1.Lines.Add('Decrypted: ' + decryptedStr);

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Replace the above CkByteData usage with the following code:
//  (Chilkat is moving away from using CkByteData)

bd := CkBinData_Create();
CkBinData_AppendString(bd,plainText,'utf-8');

//  in-place encrypt
CkCrypt2_EncryptBd(crypt,bd);

//  in-place decrypt
CkCrypt2_DecryptBd(crypt,bd);
decryptedStr := CkBinData__getString(bd,'utf-8');
Memo1.Lines.Add('Decrypted: ' + decryptedStr);

CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);
CkByteData_Dispose(encryptedBytes);
CkBinData_Dispose(bd);