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Encrypting and decrypting an external file
Decrypting a stream in base64binary format
Encryption in PHP
Encryption in Android/Java and decryption by a WINDEV application (or conversely)

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Decrypt (Function)

In french: Décrypte

Warning
From version 24, Uncrypt is kept for backward compatibility. This function has been replaced with Decrypt.

Decrypts a character string that was encrypted by Encrypt.

Remark: If the encryption and the decryption are performed on different platforms (encryption in Android and decryption in Windows for example), use EncryptStandard and DecryptStandard. For more details, refer to the "Remarks" paragraph.

Example

See additional examples

// Encrypt a string
ResEncrypt = Encrypt("The number of my bank account in Switzerland is 74538290", "Password")
...
// Decrypt the string
Res = Decrypt(ResEncrypt, "Password")

// Decode the data encoded in base 64
bufDecode is Buffer = Decrypt(bufBase64, "", crypteNone, encodeBASE64)

Syntax

<Result> = Decrypt(<Encrypted string> , <Password> [, <Type of encryption used> [, <Format of encrypted string>]])

<Result>: Character string

Decrypted character string,
Empty string ("") if an error occurred. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo.

<Encrypted string>: Character string

Encrypted character string. This character string was encrypted by Encrypt.

<Password>: Character string

Password used to decrypt the character string. This password must be identical to the password that was used to encrypt the character string. A long password provides better encryption security.

<Type of encryption used>: Optional constant (or combination of constants)

Specifies the type of encryption and compression performed. This parameter must be identical to the one specified during the encryption.
Type of encryption:
cryptAnsi This constant can only be used in WINDEV Mobile for Windows CE.
The encryption is identical to the one performed in a WINDEV or WEBDEV application.
Useful for the applications that encrypt in WINDEV Mobile and that decrypt in WINDEV for example.
To use this constant, <Format of encrypted string> must be set to True.
This constant has no effect.
cryptFast
(Default value) Priority was given to the encryption speed (algorithm on 128 bits).
The algorithm used will be a Blowfish algorithm.
This constant is not supported.
The algorithm used will be a Blowfish algorithm with 16 rounds.
cryptNone No encryption was performed.
cryptRC516 Priority was given to the encryption security (RC5 algorithm on 16 rounds).
This constant has no effect.
cryptSecure Priority was given to the encryption security (RC5 algorithm on 128 bits).
The algorithm used will be a PBE algorithm (Password Based Encryption).
The algorithm used will be a 128-bit RINJDAEL algorithm.
Type of Compression:
compressLZW The string is compressed before it is encrypted.
This constant has no effect.
compressNone
(Default value) No compression is performed.
This constant has no effect.
compressShortString The string is compressed via an algorithm optimized for the short character strings. This compression will be effective only if the cryptNone constant is selected and if <Format of encrypted string> corresponds to the encodeNone constant.
This constant has no effect.

<Format of encrypted string>: Optional Integer constant

Indicates the format of the encrypted string. This parameter must be identical to the one specified during the encryption.
encodeBASE64 BASE 64 format. The encrypted file contains printable characters only.
To decode a buffer in base 64, you also have the ability to use Decode associated with the encodeBASE64 constant.
encodeNone or False Binary format. The encrypted file may contain non-printable characters.
encodePCS or True
(Default value) ASCII format. The encrypted file contains printable characters only.
encodeUUEncode UUEncode format. The encrypted file contains printable characters only.
This parameter is ignored.

Remarks

Encrypting and decrypting an external file

To encrypt/decrypt an external file, use fEncrypt and fDecrypt.

Decrypting a stream in base64binary format

To decrypt a string encrypted in base64, you must use:

ResultString = Decrypt(EncryptedString, "", cryptNone, encodeBASE64)
// or
ResultString = Decrypt(EncryptedString, encodeBASE64)

Encryption in PHP

In PHP, the BlowFish encryption (cryptFast constant) and the RINJDAEL encryption (cryptSecure constant) are based on the MCrypt library. This library is commonly used by the PHP hosting companies and therefore it is always enabled. This library can be downloaded from the PHP site.

To enable (if necessary) this library locally, the following elements are required:

PHP installed.
the PHP.INI file found in the Windows directory must include the "extension=php_mcrypt.dll" line.
the php_mcrypt.dll file must exist in the directory of PHP extensions. This directory is defined in the PHP.INI file by the "extension_dir" variable.

Encryption in Android/Java and decryption by a WINDEV application (or conversely)

Caution: the encryption/decryption algorithms used in Java and Android differ from the ones used by WINDEV. Therefore, you cannot encrypt a character string in Java or Android and decrypt it with WINDEV (and conversely).

To encrypt a character string in Java or Android and to decrypt it with WINDEV (or conversely), use EncryptStandard and DecryptStandard.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WEBDEV): The encryption functions

[ + ] This example explains how to use the encryption/decryption functions of WEBDEV. This example allows you to:
- Encrypt a character string
- Decrypt a character string

Unit examples (WINDEV): The encryption functions

[ + ] Using the encryption/decryption functions of WINDEV.
This example is used to:
- Encrypt a character string
- Decrypt a character string

Unit examples (WINDEV Mobile): The encryption functions

[ + ] Using the WLanguage encryption and decryption functions.
This example is used to:
- Encrypt a character string
- Decrypt a character string

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