CryptoSys API Library Manual

BLF_Hex

Encrypts or decrypts data represented as a hexadecimal string using a key represented in hexadecimal notation. The process is carried out in one step in Electronic Codebook (EBC) mode.

VB6/VBA Syntax

Public Declare Function BLF_Hex Lib "diCryptoSys.dll" (ByVal strOutput As String, ByVal strInput As String, ByVal strKey As String, ByVal bEncrypt As Boolean) As Long

nRet = BLF_Hex(strOutput, strInput, strKey, bEncrypt)

Parameters

strOutput
[out] String of sufficient length to receive the output.
strInput
[in] String containing the input data in hexadecimal.
strKey
[in] String containing the key in hexadecimal.
bEncrypt
[in] Boolean direction flag: set as True to encrypt or False to decrypt.

C/C++ Syntax

long _stdcall BLF_Hex(char *strOutput, const char *strInput, const char *strKey, int bEncrypt);

Returns (VB6/C)

Long: If successful, the return value is 0; otherwise it returns a non-zero error code.

Remarks

The length of the input string strInput must be a multiple of 16 hex characters long (i.e. representing a multiple of 8 bytes). If not, an error code will be returned.. The key strKey can be any even length between 2 and 112 hexadecimal characters. The output string strOutput must be set up with at least the same number of characters as the input string before calling. The variables strOutput and strInput should be different. Valid hexadecimal characters are [0-9A-Fa-f].

Example

    Dim nRet As Long
    Dim strOutput As String
    Dim strInput As String
    Dim strKey As String
    Dim sCorrect As String

    strInput = "0123456789ABCDEF"
    strKey = "FEDCBA9876543210"
    sCorrect = "0ACEAB0FC6A0A28D"
    ' Set strOutput to be same length as strInput
    strOutput = String(Len(strInput), " ")

    Debug.Print "KY="; strKey
    Debug.Print "PT="; strInput
    ' Encrypt in one-off process
    nRet = BLF_Hex(strOutput, strInput, strKey, ENCRYPT)
    Debug.Print "CT="; strOutput
    Debug.Print "OK="; sCorrect

    ' Now decrypt back to plain text
    strInput = strOutput
    nRet = BLF_Hex(strOutput, strInput, strKey, DECRYPT)
    Debug.Print "P'="; strOutput

This should result in output as follows:

KY=FEDCBA9876543210
PT=0123456789ABCDEF
CT=0ACEAB0FC6A0A28D
OK=0ACEAB0FC6A0A28D
P'=0123456789ABCDEF

See Also

BLF_HexMode

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