(Lianja) Calculate MD5 Hash of File (or SHA1, SHA256, and other hash algorithms)

Demonstrates how to calculate a hash for a file's contents.

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

loCrypt = createobject("CkCrypt2")

// Set the name of the hash algorithm.
// Other choices include "sha1", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "md2", "md5", and "haval". 
loCrypt.HashAlgorithm = "md5"

// EncodingMode specifies the encoding of the hash output.
// It may be "hex", "url", "base64", or "quoted-printable".
loCrypt.EncodingMode = "hex"

// Files of any type may be hashed -- it doesn't matter
// if the file is binary or text...

lcHashStr = loCrypt.HashFileENC("/temp/something.dat")
if (loCrypt.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loCrypt.LastErrorText
    release loCrypt
    return
endif

? lcHashStr


release loCrypt