(Visual Basic 6.0) Transition from RandomizeKey to GenRandomBytesENC

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated RandomizeKey method calls with GenRandomBytesENC.

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

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Dim crypt As New ChilkatCrypt2

crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes"
crypt.CipherMode = "cbc"
crypt.KeyLength = 256
' ...

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The RandomizeKey method is deprecated:

' Generates and sets a random 32-byte (256-bit) secret key.
crypt.RandomizeKey 

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Do the equivalent using GenRandomBytesENC followed by SetEncodedKey

crypt.EncodingMode = "base64"
Dim randomKeyBase64 As String
randomKeyBase64 = crypt.GenRandomBytesENC(32)
crypt.SetEncodedKey randomKeyBase64,"base64"