CreateKey Method

Creates a derived key.

Syntax

• C++
• Objective-C
• C

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int CreateKey();

Unicode (Windows)
INT CreateKey();

- (void)createKey;

#define MID_PBKDF_CREATEKEY 3

IPWORKSENCRYPT_EXTERNAL int IPWORKSENCRYPT_CALL IPWorksEncrypt_PBKDF_Do(void *lpObj, int methid, int cparam, void *param[], int cbparam[], int64 *lpllVal);

Remarks

This method creates a derived key based.

The following properties are applicable when calling this method:

• Password (required)
• Salt (required)
• Algorithm
• Iterations
• KeyLength
• Version

Code Example:

Pbkdf pbkdf = new Pbkdf();
pbkdf.Password = "password";
pbkdf.Salt = "0123456789ABCDEF";
pbkdf.KeyLength = 4096;
pbkdf.CreateKey();
      
//Now do something with pbkdf.Key

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)