(Perl) Workaround for the deprecated Crypt2.SetMacKeyBytes method

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

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

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use chilkat();

$crypt = chilkat::CkCrypt2->new();

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The SetMacKeyBytes method is deprecated:

$keyBytes = chilkat::CkByteData->new();
# ...
# ...

$success = $crypt->SetMacKeyBytes($keyBytes);

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

$bdKey = chilkat::CkBinData->new();
# ...
# ...

$encoding = "base64";
$base64_mackey = $bdKey->getEncoded($encoding);

$success = $crypt->SetMacKeyEncoded($base64_mackey,$encoding);