Encrypts or decrypts a file using a specified mode. The key and initialization vector are passed as hexadecimal strings.
Public Declare Function DES_FileHex Lib "diCryptoSys.dll"
(ByVal strFileOut As String, ByVal strFileIn As String,
ByVal strHexKey As String, ByVal bEncrypt As Boolean,
ByVal strMode As String, ByVal strHexIV As String) As Long
nRet = DES_FileHex(strFileOut, strFileIn, strHexKey, bEncrypt, strMode, strHexIV)
long __stdcall DES_FileHex(const char *szFileOut, const char *szFileIn, const char *szKey, int fEncrypt, const char *szMode, const char *szIV);
If successful, the return value is 0; otherwise it returns a non-zero error code.
Des.FileEncrypt Method (String, String, String, Mode, String)
Des.FileDecrypt Method (String, String, String, Mode, String)
Both the key string szHexKey and the initialization vector szHexIV
must be exactly 16 hex characters long
(i.e. representing exactly 8 bytes),
unless szMode is ECB,
in which case szIV is ignored (use "").
Valid hexadecimal characters are [0-9A-Fa-f].
The output file szFileOut will be overwritten without warning.
If there is an error [new in version 3.3], the output file will not exist.
The input and output filepaths must not be the same.
In ECB and CBC modes, a padding string will be added or assumed according to the method outlined in Section 6.3 of
[CMS],
which is the same as the padding method in [PKCS7] and [PKCS5].
Note that even though the parameters are in hexadecimal-encoded form, the encrypted file is still binary.
This example will encrypt the file "bigfile.dat" in CBC mode using the key
0xfedcba9876543210 and initialization vector
0x0123456789abcdef. The output file "bigfile.cbc" will be created or
overwritten. It then decrypts the ciphertext file as a check, creating or
overwriting the file "bigfile.chk".
Dim nRet As Long
nRet = DES_FileHex("bigfile.cbc", "bigfile.dat", _
"fedcba9876543210", ENCRYPT, "CBC", "0123456789abcdef")
Debug.Print nRet
' and decrypt it as a check
nRet = DES_FileHex("bigfile.chk", "bigfile.cbc", _
"fedcba9876543210fedcba9876543210", DECRYPT, "CBC", "0123456789abcdef")
Debug.Print nRet