(C#) AES Encrypt and Decrypt a File

C# demonstrates how to AES encrypt a file of any size, and then decrypt.

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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";

// CipherMode may be "ecb" or "cbc"
crypt.CipherMode = "cbc";

// KeyLength may be 128, 192, 256
crypt.KeyLength = 256;

// The padding scheme determines the contents of the bytes
// that are added to pad the result to a multiple of the
// encryption algorithm's block size.  AES has a block
// size of 16 bytes, so encrypted output is always
// a multiple of 16.
crypt.PaddingScheme = 0;

// An initialization vector is required if using CBC mode.
// ECB mode does not use an IV.
// The length of the IV is equal to the algorithm's block size.
// It is NOT equal to the length of the key.
string ivHex = "000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F";
crypt.SetEncodedIV(ivHex,"hex");

// The secret key must equal the size of the key.  For
// 256-bit encryption, the binary secret key is 32 bytes.
// For 128-bit encryption, the binary secret key is 16 bytes.
string keyHex = "000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F";
crypt.SetEncodedKey(keyHex,"hex");

// Encrypt a file, producing the .aes as output.
// The input file is unchanged, the output .aes contains the encrypted
// contents of the input file.

// Note: The .aes output file has no file format.  It is simply a stream
// of bytes that resembles random binary data.
string inFile = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pdf/sample.pdf";
string outFile = "/Users/chilkat/testData/p7m/sample.pdf.aes";
bool success = crypt.CkEncryptFile(inFile,outFile);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// For demonstration purposes, a different instance of the object will be used
// for decryption.
Chilkat.Crypt2 decrypt = new Chilkat.Crypt2();

// All settings must match to be able to decrypt:
decrypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes";
decrypt.CipherMode = "cbc";
decrypt.KeyLength = 256;
decrypt.PaddingScheme = 0;
decrypt.SetEncodedIV(ivHex,"hex");
decrypt.SetEncodedKey(keyHex,"hex");

// Decrypt the .aes
inFile = "/Users/chilkat/testData/p7m/sample.pdf.aes";
outFile = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pdf/recovered.pdf";
success = decrypt.CkDecryptFile(inFile,outFile);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(decrypt.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Success!");