(C# UWP/WinRT) Calculate MD5 Hash of File (or SHA1, SHA256, and other hash algorithms)

Demonstrates how to calculate a hash for a file's contents.

Chilkat Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / WinRT Downloads Chilkat for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

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

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

// Set the name of the hash algorithm.
// Other choices include "sha1", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "md2", "md5", and "haval". 
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "md5";

// EncodingMode specifies the encoding of the hash output.
// It may be "hex", "url", "base64", or "quoted-printable".
crypt.EncodingMode = "hex";

// Files of any type may be hashed -- it doesn't matter
// if the file is binary or text...
string hashStr;
hashStr = await crypt.HashFileENCAsync("/temp/something.dat");
if (crypt.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(hashStr);