Visual FoxPro

Windows Credentials Manager / Apple Keychain - Create or Update a Secret

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On Windows, creates or updates a secret in the Windows Credentials Manager.

On MacOS or iOS, creates or updates a secret in the Apple Keychain.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.0 or later.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loSecrets
LOCAL loJson

lnSuccess = 0

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

loSecrets = CreateObject('Chilkat.Secrets')

* On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
* On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
loSecrets.Location = "local_manager"

* Specify the name of the secret.
* service and username are required.
* appName and domain are optional.
* Note: The values are arbitrary and can be anything you want.
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("appName","Test")
loJson.UpdateString("service","Something")
loJson.UpdateString("domain","Xyz")
loJson.UpdateString("username","Abc")

* Create or update the secret.
lnSuccess = loSecrets.UpdateSecretStr(loJson,"This is the secret.")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loSecrets.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSecrets
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Success."

RELEASE loSecrets
RELEASE loJson