(Visual FoxPro) Compress and Encrypt a Large File (Low and Constant Memory Footprint)

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Demonstrates how to compress and encrypt a large file such that the memory footprint remains low and constant.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.99 or greater.

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LOCAL loCompress
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL lcInPath
LOCAL lcOutPath
LOCAL lcInPath2
LOCAL lcOutPath2
LOCAL loCrypt
LOCAL lcDecryptedPath
LOCAL lcOutPath3

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

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Compression')
loCompress = CreateObject('Chilkat.Compression')
loCompress.Algorithm = "deflate"

* Set encryption params.
* The possible values are the same as for the corresponding properties in the Chilkat Crypt2 class/object.
* The encoded IV and Key must be specified as hex.
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("cryptAlgorithm","aes")
loJson.UpdateString("cipherMode","cbc")
loJson.UpdateInt("keyLength",128)
loJson.UpdateInt("paddingScheme",0)
loJson.UpdateString("encodedIV","000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F")
loJson.UpdateString("encodedKey","000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F")

* Do file-to-file compression+encryption in a single call.
lcInPath = "qa_data/largeFile.dat"
lcOutPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/compressed_encrypted.dat"
lnSuccess = loCompress.CompressEncryptFile(loJson,lcInPath,lcOutPath)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loCompress.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loCompress
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* We can do file-to-file decrypt/decompress like this:
lcInPath2 = lcOutPath
lcOutPath2 = "c:/temp/qa_output/restored.dat"
lnSuccess = loCompress.DecryptDecompressFile(loJson,lcInPath2,lcOutPath2)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loCompress.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loCompress
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Note: The above decrypt + decompress is the equivalent of doing the same in these two steps:
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Crypt2')
loCrypt = CreateObject('Chilkat.Crypt2')
loCrypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes"
loCrypt.CipherMode = "cbc"
loCrypt.KeyLength = 128
loCrypt.PaddingScheme = 0
loCrypt.SetEncodedIV("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")
loCrypt.SetEncodedKey("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")

lcDecryptedPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/decrypted.dat"
lnSuccess = loCrypt.CkDecryptFile(lcInPath2,lcDecryptedPath)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loCrypt.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loCompress
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loCrypt
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lcOutPath3 = "c:/temp/qa_output/restored_in_two_steps.dat"
lnSuccess = loCompress.DecompressFile(lcDecryptedPath,lcOutPath3)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loCompress.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loCompress
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loCrypt
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Success."

RELEASE loCompress
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loCrypt