(Tcl) Workaround for the deprecated Crypt2.MacString method

Shows how to replace the deprecated MacString 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_Charset $crypt "utf-8"

# Do HMAC using SHA-256.
CkCrypt2_put_MacAlgorithm $crypt "hmac"
CkCrypt2_put_HashAlgorithm $crypt "sha256"

set keyHex "000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F"
set success [CkCrypt2_SetMacKeyEncoded $crypt $keyHex "hex"]

set inputStr "This is a test."

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The MacString method is deprecated:

set outData [new_CkByteData]

set success [CkCrypt2_MacString $crypt $inputStr $outData]

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

CkCrypt2_put_EncodingMode $crypt "base64"
set mac_base64 [CkCrypt2_macStringENC $crypt $inputStr]

puts "$mac_base64"

delete_CkCrypt2 $crypt
delete_CkByteData $outData