(Tcl) Workaround for the deprecated Crypt2.HashBytesENC method

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

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

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load ./chilkat.dll

set crypt [new_CkCrypt2]

CkCrypt2_put_HashAlgorithm $crypt "sha256"
CkCrypt2_put_EncodingMode $crypt "base64"

set path "c:/someDir/example.dat"

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The HashBytes method is deprecated:

set inData [new_CkByteData]

CkByteData_loadFile $inData $path

set base64_hash [CkCrypt2_hashBytesENC $crypt $inData]

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

set bdIn [new_CkBinData]

CkBinData_LoadFile $bdIn $path

set base64_hash [CkCrypt2_hashBdENC $crypt $bdIn]

delete_CkCrypt2 $crypt
delete_CkByteData $inData
delete_CkBinData $bdIn