IG_IP_encrypt

This function scrambles an image bitmap, or a rectangular portion thereof.

Declaration:

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AT_ERRCOUNT ACCUAPI IG_IP_encrypt ( HIGEAR hIGear, LPAT_RECT lpRect, AT_MODE nEncryptType, const LPSTR lpszPassword );

Arguments:

Name	Type	Description
hIGear	HIGEAR	HIGEAR handle of image to be encoded.
lpRect	LPAT_RECT	Far pointer to an AT_RECT struct specifying the rectangular portion of the image to encode. Set = NULL for the whole image.
nEncrptyType	AT_MODE	An IG_ENCRYPT_METHOD_ constant specifying the method to be used. See file accucnst.h for IG_ENCRYPT_METHOD_ constants available.
lpszPassword	const LPSTR	Far pointer to your zero-terminated password string.

Return Value:

Returns the number of ImageGear errors that occurred during this function call.

Supported Raster Image Formats:

All pixel formats supported by ImageGear Professional.

Example:

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HIGEAR hIGear; /* Encrypt the whole hIGear image by method A & with "Top Secret" password */ IG_IP_encrypt ( hIGear, NULL, IG_ENCRYPT_METHOD_A, "Top Secret" );

Remarks:

Your password is also stored. To later decode the image using IG_IP_decrypt(), you will need to know both the encryption method and the password used in this call.

This function cannot take a non-rectangular ROI for its AT_RECT parameter.