OpenEdge Development:<br />Progress 4GL Reference ENCRYPT-AUDIT-MAC-KEY( ) method

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Progress 4GL Reference

ENCRYPT-AUDIT-MAC-KEY( ) method

Encrypts and encodes the specified character expression and returns an encrypted character value that you can store for later use in message authentication code (MAC) operations.
Return type: CHARACTER
Applies to: AUDIT-POLICY system handle
Syntax
ENCRYPT-AUDIT-MAC-KEY( encrypt-key ) 
encrypt-key
A character expression containing the key to encrypt. Progress converts this key to UTF-8 before encrypting it and storing it, which ensures a consistent value regardless of code page settings.
Example

The following code fragment illustrates how to use the ENCRYPT-AUDIT-MAC-KEY( ) method:
DEF VAR val as CHAR. 
DEF VAR key as CHAR init “Open Sesame”. 
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val = AUDIT-POLICY:ENCRYPT-AUDIT-MAC-KEY(key). 
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_db-detail._db-mac-key = val. 