Encrypt

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Encrypt a string or file based on a specified key.

Action available for the following operating systems:

Parameters

• Source Type - The type of the source that the user wants to encrypt. It can be one of:

  • 1. File

  • 2. Text

• Password <string> - The password that the user wants to use to encrypt the data.

The maximum Password size is 32 bytes of UTF-8 chars.

• Unicode - Defines if the files or text that the user wants to encrypt is in Unicode or not. It can be one of:

  • 1. Yes

  • 2. No

• Source File <string> - The full path and file name of the source file or text.

• Target File <string> - The full path and file name of the destination file or text (encrypted file or encrypted text).

If the Target File is a Control (example: an Input Box), the user may loose information, because the encrypted string can contain non printable chars.

• Printable Chars - Defines if the chars are printable or not. If this option is 'YES' the string size is triple (3x). It can be one of:

  • 1. Yes

  • 2. No

Encryption is done using the Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES).