Delphi ActiveX

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>

Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
xml: TChilkatXml;

begin
success := 0;

xml := TChilkatXml.Create(Self);

// The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fox.xml
success := xml.LoadXmlFile('fox.xml');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Navigate to the "fox1" node, which is the 1st child:
success := xml.FirstChild2();

// Encrypt the content:
success := xml.EncryptContent('myPassword');

// Navigate back to the root:
xml.GetRoot2();

// Examine the new XML document:
Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.GetXml());

// 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:
success := xml.FirstChild2();
success := xml.DecryptContent('myPassword');
xml.GetRoot2();
Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.GetXml());

// Now encrypt the content of the "fox2" node.
// First navigate to the "fox2" child.
success := xml.FindChild2('fox2');
success := xml.EncryptContent('myPassword');
xml.GetRoot2();
Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.GetXml());

// 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:
success := xml.FindChild2('fox2');
success := xml.DecryptContent('myPassword');
xml.GetRoot2();
Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.GetXml());
end;