Xceed Encryption Library Documentation
Examples / Hashing a file (VC++ streaming example)
    Hashing a file (VC++ streaming example)
    VC++ Copy Code

    // This example hashes data using the SHA method from a file to memory in 8K (8192 byte) chunks. 

    // This code uses the #import directive. Put the following line at the beginning of your module
    #import "XCEEDCRY.DLL" no_namespace named_guids 

    CoInitialize( NULL ); 

    try
    {
      const long CHUNKSIZE = 8192;  

      IXceedHashingPtr piHash; 

      piHash.CreateInstance( CLSID_XceedHashing ); 
      piHash->License( _bstr_t( L"your license key ) ); 

      IXceedSHAHashingMethodPtr piSHA; 

      piSHA.CreateInstance( CLSID_XceedSHAHashingMethod ); 
      piSHA->PutHashSize( 256 ); 

      piHash->HashingMethod = IXceedHashDataPtr( piSHA );  

      BYTE* pcHashValue = NULL; 
      short nHashValueSize; 
      DWORD dwBytesRead; 
      long lOffset = 0;  

      HANDLE hFile = CreateFile( "c:\\temp\\source.txt", 0, 
                                 FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL );  

      if( hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ) 
        throw;  

      long lFileSize = GetFileSize( hFile, NULL ); 

      CloseHandle( hFile );  

      if( lFileSize == 0xFFFFFFFF ) 
        throw;  

      while( lOffset < lFileSize ) 
      { 
        // bEndOfData will be true if the current offset + CHUNKSIZE exceeds the 
        // end of the file. 
        piHash->ReadFile( "c:\\temp\\source.txt", lOffset, CHUNKSIZE, efpHash, 
                          (lOffset + CHUNKSIZE >= lFileSize), &dwBytesRead );  

        lOffset += dwBytesRead; 
      }  

      piSHA->GetHashValue( &pcHashValue, &nHashValueSize );  

      //Do something with the HashValue...  

      MessageBox( NULL, "File hashed successfully to memory", "Hashing result", MB_OK );  

      CoTaskMemFree( pcHashValue ); 
    }
    catch( const _com_error& xErr )
    {
      char szMsg[50]; 
      wsprintf( szMsg, "Error %08x\n", xErr.Error() ); 
      MessageBox( NULL, szMsg, "Error", MB_OK ); 
    }
    catch( ... )
    {
      MessageBox( NULL, "Unknown error", "Error", MB_OK ); 

    CoUninitialize();