SymmetricCrypt Class

Overview

The SymmetricCrypt class provides basic symmetric encryption and decryption functionality.

Methods

SymmetricCrypt.decryptString

Decrypts a string

SymmetricCrypt.encryptString

Encrypts a string

Example

// create a password entry dialog
const dialog = new PasswordEntryDialog();
dialog.setCaption("Encryption Example");
dialog.setMessage("Please enter text to encrypt:");

if (dialog.showDialog() === DialogResult.Ok) {
    // encrypt the text with an encryption key and then decrypt it
    const key = "ABCDEF";
    const encrypted_text = SymmetricCrypt.encryptString(dialog.getText(), key);
    const decrypted_text = SymmetricCrypt.decryptString(encrypted_text, key);

    // show the key, the encrypted text, and the decrypted text
    alert(`Encryption Key: ${key}\n` +
          `Encrypted Text: ${encrypted_text}\n` +
          `Decrypted Text: ${decrypted_text}`);
} else {
    alert("Cancelled.");
}