Sample Application

SFMD5Hash-PPC is a Satellite Forms plug-in extension that enables you to calculate the MD5 hash of a string on PocketPC devices.

The MD5 hash is a 32 character hexadecimal string that is uniquely generated based on the case sensitive input string.

MD5 takes a string and forms a number from it in such a way that:

- it is not possible to tell the contents of the original string just by looking at the hash value and;

- it is not reasonably practicable to generate a string that will give a particular hash.

For more information on the MD5 algorithm and ideas for its uses, consult Google!

For an online MD5 generator, see http://bfl.rctek.com/tools/?tool=hasher

A sample application is provided that demonstrates how to use the single GetMD5 function.

DocID: 10071  DocDate: 2005-07-01