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Encrypt-Decrypt File with Password

Encryption and Decryption of any file with a password.

Submitted By: Nitish4uall

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Views: 9,711

Language: Visual Basic

Last Modified: May 26, 2006

Instructions: 'Add a CoommandButton - Command1

'Just Run and select click the button to see the action.

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Sub FileEncodeAndDecode(InputFile As String, OutputFile As String, PasswordKey As String)
Dim temp As Single
Dim Char As String * 1
Dim XORMask As Single
Dim temp1 As Integer
Open InputFile For Binary As #1
Open OutputFile For Binary As #2
For x = 1 To Len(PasswordKey)
temp = Asc(Mid$(PasswordKey, x, 1))
For y = 1 To temp
temp1 = Rnd
Next y
' Re-seed to throw off prying eyes
Randomize temp1
Next x
Counter = 0
For z = 1 To FileLen(InputFile)
'Generate random mask
XORMask = Int(Rnd * 256)
'Get the char & change it
Get 1, , Char
Char = Chr$((Asc(Char) Xor XORMask))
Put 2, , Char
Counter = Counter + 1
If Counter > Len(PasswordKey) Then Counter = 1
' Pull random numbers from the hat
For x = 1 To (Asc(Mid$(PasswordKey, Counter, 1)) * 2)
temp = Rnd
Next x
Next z
Close #1
Close #2
End Sub
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim InputFile As String
Dim OutputFile As String
Dim PasswordKey As String
InputFile = InputBox("Enter a filename to encode")
OutputFile = InputBox("Enter the new filename this will become ")
PasswordKey = InputBox("Enter the password (key)")
Call FileEncodeAndDecode(InputFile, OutputFile, PasswordKey)
MsgBox "File written to " + OutputFile
End
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
Command1.Caption = "Code/Decode"
End Sub

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Sub FileEncodeAndDecode(InputFile As String, OutputFile As String, PasswordKey As String)
    
    Dim temp As Single
    Dim Char As String * 1
    Dim XORMask As Single
    Dim temp1 As Integer
    
    Open InputFile For Binary As #1
    Open OutputFile For Binary As #2
    
    For x = 1 To Len(PasswordKey)
        temp = Asc(Mid$(PasswordKey, x, 1))
        For y = 1 To temp
            temp1 = Rnd
        Next y
        
        ' Re-seed to throw off prying eyes
        Randomize temp1
    Next x
        
    
    Counter = 0
    For z = 1 To FileLen(InputFile)
        
        'Generate random mask
        XORMask = Int(Rnd * 256)
        
        'Get the char & change it
        Get 1, , Char
        Char = Chr$((Asc(Char) Xor XORMask))
        Put 2, , Char
        
        Counter = Counter + 1
        If Counter > Len(PasswordKey) Then Counter = 1
        
        ' Pull random numbers from the hat
        For x = 1 To (Asc(Mid$(PasswordKey, Counter, 1)) * 2)
            temp = Rnd
        Next x
    Next z

Close #1
    Close #2
    
End Sub

Private Sub Command1_Click()

Dim InputFile As String
    Dim OutputFile As String
    Dim PasswordKey As String
    
    InputFile = InputBox("Enter a filename to encode")
    OutputFile = InputBox("Enter the new filename this will         become ")
    PasswordKey = InputBox("Enter the password (key)")
    
    Call FileEncodeAndDecode(InputFile, OutputFile, PasswordKey)
    
    MsgBox "File written to " + OutputFile
    End
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()

Command1.Caption = "Code/Decode"

End Sub