Generates a new public/private key pair and stores them in their respective keyrings in the keyfolder that you specify.

x = object.PGPGenKeys

The syntax of the PGPGenKeys method has these parts:

 

Part	Description
x	A string that becomes either "TRUE" or "Error: xxx" where xxx is the error message.
object	A Cryptocx v7 control.

Once some keys have been generated they cannot be modified in the keyring, you can only create new keys with different user id's.

When generating new keys you must specify the Password that the new key should have.

You must also specify the KeyID that the new key should have. The KeyId is how you refer to the key in future.

You also need to specify the KeySize of the new keys. This is the strength of the keys, the higher the KeySize you use the stronger the encryption will be, but also slower. You can specify 1024 -> 4096 for the keysize.

You need to specify the KeyFolder, this is the directory which will contain the new public/private keyrings if they do not already exist, or will contain the existing keyrings that the new keys will be added to.

You must also specify the KeyType of the new keys. This is either "RSA" or "DH/DSS"

String

Where Cryptocx1 is an instance of a Cryptocx Control.

'' Set the properties of the Cryptocx control and then generate the keys
''
Cryptocx1.Password = "mypassword"
Cryptocx1.KeyID = "mynewkey"
Cryptocx1.KeySize = "1024"
Cryptocx1.KeyType = "RSA"
Cryptocx1.KeyFolder = "c:\rings\"

'' Do the key generation. x will be set to any error messages if there was a problem
'' during the key generation phase.
''
x = Cryptocx1.PGPGenKeys