(Delphi DLL) SHA256 Hash the Bytes Represented in a Hex String

Demonstrates how to compute the SHA256 hash of the bytes represented by a hexidecimal encoded string, and return the hash bytes as an hex encoded string.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the non-ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, BinData, Crypt2;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
src: PWideChar;
bd: HCkBinData;
crypt: HCkCrypt2;
result: PWideChar;

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

// We wish to compute the SHA256 hash of the bytes 0x6C 0xF8 0xEA 0x51 0xE4 0xE0 0xF5 0x99 0xCF ...
src := '6CF8EA51E4E0F599CF03EC8D58C3DCBC9C889A77FB2816B40DE25C2EC54E98A67EA517B';

bd := CkBinData_Create();
success := CkBinData_AppendEncoded(bd,src,'hex');

// The bd now contains the bytes 0x6C 0xF8 0xEA 0x51 0xE4 0xE0 0xF5 0x99 0xCF ...

crypt := CkCrypt2_Create();
CkCrypt2_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,'sha256');
CkCrypt2_putEncodingMode(crypt,'hex');

// Hash the bytes contained in bd, and return the 32-byte SHA256 hash as a hexidecimal encoded string.
result := CkCrypt2__hashBdENC(crypt,bd);
Memo1.Lines.Add(result);

CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);

end;