Visual Basic 6.0

Compute Glacier SHA256 Linear Hash of a File

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Computes the Amazon Glacier SHA256 linear hash for a file. Visual Basic 6.0

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

Dim crypt As New ChilkatCrypt2

' The "linear hash" is simply the SHA256 hash of the file bytes.
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256"

' Return the hash in lowercase hexidecimal format.
crypt.EncodingMode = "hexlower"

Dim linearHashHex As String
linearHashHex = crypt.HashFileENC("qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg")
Debug.Print "SHA256 linear hash = " & linearHashHex