DataFlex

Encrypting and Decrypting Content

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Demonstrates how to encrypt and decrypt the content of an XML node using 128-bit CBC AES encryption.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fox.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fox1>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</fox1>
    <fox2>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
        <child1>ABC</child1>
        <child2>XYZ</child2>
    </fox2>
</root>

DataFlex

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoXml
    String sTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXml
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoXml))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoXml
    End

    // The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fox.xml
    Get ComLoadXmlFile Of hoXml "fox.xml" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoXml To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Navigate to the "fox1" node, which is the 1st child:
    Get ComFirstChild2 Of hoXml To iSuccess

    // Encrypt the content:
    Get ComEncryptContent Of hoXml "myPassword" To iSuccess

    // Navigate back to the root:
    Send ComGetRoot2 To hoXml

    // Examine the new XML document:
    Get ComGetXml Of hoXml To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // This is the XML w/ the encrypted content:
    // <root>
    //     <fox1>1hTtf7XmO+78H+OIr5eWHIuXxP78KPeYrZbsD0HX4negO9ZRqYMBY4s46sPNp+Q+
    //     </fox1>
    //     <fox2>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
    //         <child1>ABC</child1>
    //         <child2>XYZ</child2>
    //     </fox2>
    // </root>

    // Now decrypt and show that the original content was restored:
    Get ComFirstChild2 Of hoXml To iSuccess
    Get ComDecryptContent Of hoXml "myPassword" To iSuccess
    Send ComGetRoot2 To hoXml
    Get ComGetXml Of hoXml To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // Now encrypt the content of the "fox2" node.
    // First navigate to the "fox2" child.
    Get ComFindChild2 Of hoXml "fox2" To iSuccess
    Get ComEncryptContent Of hoXml "myPassword" To iSuccess
    Send ComGetRoot2 To hoXml
    Get ComGetXml Of hoXml To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // This is the XML w/ the "fox2" encrypted content:

    // <root>
    //     <fox1>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</fox1>
    //     <fox2>1hTtf7XmO+78H+OIr5eWHIuXxP78KPeYrZbsD0HX4negO9ZRqYMBY4s46sPNp+Q+
    // 
    //         <child1>ABC</child1>
    //         <child2>XYZ</child2>
    //     </fox2>
    // </root>

    // Notice that the *content* of the node is encrypted.  The child nodes are NOT encrypted.
    // This is intentional.  To encrypt the content + the subtrees rooted at a given node, 
    // one would call ZipTree to transform the content and subtrees
    // to Base64-encoded compressed content, and then call
    // EncryptContent to encrypt.

    // Finally, decrypt the "fox2" content:
    Get ComFindChild2 Of hoXml "fox2" To iSuccess
    Get ComDecryptContent Of hoXml "myPassword" To iSuccess
    Send ComGetRoot2 To hoXml
    Get ComGetXml Of hoXml To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1


End_Procedure