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Streaming Encryption by Encrypting in Chunks

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Encrypt data in chunks.

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//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Crypt2 crypt = new Chilkat.Crypt2();

crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes";
crypt.CipherMode = "cbc";
crypt.KeyLength = 128;

crypt.SetEncodedKey("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
crypt.SetEncodedIV("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");

crypt.EncodingMode = "hex";
string txt1 = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.\r\n";
string txt2 = "-\r\n";
string txt3 = "Done.\r\n";

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbEncrypted = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();

//  Encrypt the 1st chunk:
//  (don't worry about feeding the data to the encryptor in 
//  exact multiples of the encryption algorithm's block size.
//  Chilkat will buffer the data.)
crypt.FirstChunk = true;
crypt.LastChunk = false;
sbEncrypted.Append(crypt.EncryptStringENC(txt1));

//  Encrypt the 2nd chunk
crypt.FirstChunk = false;
crypt.LastChunk = false;
sbEncrypted.Append(crypt.EncryptStringENC(txt2));

//  Now encrypt N more chunks...
//  Remember -- we're doing this in CBC mode, so each call
//  to the encrypt method depends on the state from previous
//  calls...
crypt.FirstChunk = false;
crypt.LastChunk = false;
int i;
for (i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
    sbEncrypted.Append(crypt.EncryptStringENC(txt1));
    sbEncrypted.Append(crypt.EncryptStringENC(txt2));
}

//  Now encrypt the last chunk:
crypt.FirstChunk = false;
crypt.LastChunk = true;
sbEncrypted.Append(crypt.EncryptStringENC(txt3));

Debug.WriteLine(sbEncrypted.GetAsString());

//  Now decrypt in one call.
//  (The data we're decrypting is both the first AND last chunk.)  
crypt.FirstChunk = true;
crypt.LastChunk = true;
string decryptedText = crypt.DecryptStringENC(sbEncrypted.GetAsString());

Debug.WriteLine(decryptedText);

//  Note: You may decrypt in N chunks by setting the FirstChunk
//  and LastChunk properties prior to calling the Decrypt* methods.