AESFile Manual

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The class AESFile provides means to create and work with AES encrypted files. Derived from BaseFile working with AES files works exactly the same as with other files, with the only exception of opening the file. So it is recommended to read BaseFile Manual first.

Warning
For encryption using the MAXON API see Stream Conversions Manual.
// This example demonstrates encrypting a file and comparing the encrypted result with the original file.
// Let user choose a file to encrypt.
Filename fnInput;
if (!fnInput.FileSelect(FILESELECTTYPE::ANYTHING, FILESELECT::LOAD, "Open file to encrypt..."_s))
return maxon::OK;
if (!fileInput || !fileAes)
return maxon::OutOfMemoryError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
// Open the input file.
{
return maxon::IoError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION, MaxonConvert(fnInput, MAXONCONVERTMODE::NONE), "Error: Failed to open input file."_s);
}
Filename fnAes = fnInput;
fnAes.SetSuffix("aes"_s);
// Note: Password needs to be either 16, 24, or 32 characters long.
const char pw[] = { 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', ',', ' ', 'f', 'r', 'i', 'e', 'n', 'd', ',', ' ', 'a', 'n', 'd', ' ', 'e', 'n', 't', 'e', 'r' };
const Int32 keylen = sizeof(pw) * 8; // keylen is in bits
DebugAssert((keylen == 128) || (keylen == 192) || (keylen == 256));
const Int32 blocksize = 256;
if (!fileAes->Open(fnAes, pw, keylen, blocksize, 0, FILEOPEN::WRITE))
{
return maxon::IoError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION, MaxonConvert(fnAes, MAXONCONVERTMODE::NONE), "Error: Failed to open AES file for writing."_s);
}
const Int fileSize = fileInput->GetLength();
const Int readBytes = fileInput->TryReadBytes(buffer, fileSize);
if (readBytes != fileSize)
{
return maxon::UnexpectedError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION, "Error: Failed to read data from input file."_s);
}
if (!fileAes->WriteBytes(buffer, fileSize))
{
return maxon::UnexpectedError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION, "Error: Failed to write data to AES file."_s);
}
fileAes->Close();
fileInput->Close();
// Finally check the encryption result.
if (AESFile::CheckEncryption(fnAes, fnInput, pw, keylen, blocksize))
{
ApplicationOutput("Success: The encrypted file matches the encrypted version."_s);
return maxon::OK;
}
else
{
return maxon::UnexpectedError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION, "Error: The encrypted file does not match the encrypted version."_s);
}
const char ** buffer
Definition: abstract.h:327
maxon::Url MaxonConvert(const Filename &fn, MAXONCONVERTMODE convertMode)
@ NONE
No check if file exists under case-sensitive drives.
static Bool CheckEncryption(const Filename &encrypt, const Filename &decrypt, const char *key, Int32 keylen, Int32 blocksize)
Definition: ge_autoptr.h:37
Manages file and path names.
Definition: c4d_file.h:94
void SetSuffix(const maxon::String &str)
Bool FileSelect(FILESELECTTYPE type, FILESELECT flags, const maxon::String &title, const maxon::String &force_suffix=maxon::String())
#define NewMemClear(T, cnt)
Definition: defaultallocator.h:204
maxon::Char Char
Definition: ge_sys_math.h:56
maxon::Int32 Int32
Definition: ge_sys_math.h:60
maxon::Int Int
Definition: ge_sys_math.h:64
@ V_INTEL
Intel, little endian.
return OK
Definition: apibase.h:2747
@ ANY
Show an error dialog for any error.
@ READ
Open the file for reading.
@ LOAD
Load dialog.
@ ANYTHING
Any file.
#define MACCREATOR_CINEMA
Standard Mac creator code for Cinema 4D.
Definition: ge_prepass.h:31
#define MACTYPE_CINEMA
Standard Mac type code for Cinema 4D.
Definition: ge_prepass.h:30
#define MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION
Definition: memoryallocationbase.h:67
#define ApplicationOutput(formatString,...)
Definition: debugdiagnostics.h:210
#define DebugAssert(condition,...)
Definition: debugdiagnostics.h:248
#define iferr_return
Definition: resultbase.h:1521

Allocation/Deallocation

AESFile objects are created with the usual tools, see Entity Creation and Destruction Manual (Classic).

Open

Warning
For a plugin to be cross platform then the type and creator parameters must be correctly filled for Mac.

Miscellaneous

Further Reading