Question : Store data to a record encrypted?

Hi:
I need to encrypt the data before adding or updating it to the fields in a record
And decrypt it when brows it on forms, reports or queries.
How come please?

Answer : Store data to a record encrypted?

This is a massive subject. Access provides "encryption", but it only insures that users external to your database cannot see this data. Once the database is open in Access, the data is decrypted on the fly, and users can view the tables just as easily as viewing this webpage.

How do you want to encrypt? Will your user provide a hash for the encryption, or will you?

What "level" of encryption? How secure does this need to be?

IMO, in order to do this, you'll need to move to unbound forms. Using this method, you could then (a) capture the data the user enters in the form and then (b) encrypt it before your code writes to the table.

The class module attached uses the Crypto API to do this ... it's not the most secure in the world, but may work for your needs. To use it:

1) From the VBA editor, click Insert - Class Modoule
2) Copy/Paste the code below into that.
3) Save it as "clsEncrypt"

To use it:

Dim clsEncrypt As clsEncrpty
Dim sValue As STring

Set clsEncrypt = New clsEncrypt

With clsEncrypt
  sValue = .DoCryptoEncrypt "yourpassword", "data to be encrypted"
End With

sValue now contains an encrypted version of "data to be encrypted". You'd have to do this to every field as it moves into the database, then use DoCryptoDecrypt when the data comes out of the database. The use of class modules for data manipulation would be in order, IMO. If you're not familiar with class modules, then you're in for a loooooong learning curve.
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Option Explicit
 
Private Const CRYPT_NEWKEYSET = &H8
 
Private Declare Function CryptAcquireContext Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "CryptAcquireContextA" ( _
    phProv As Long, pszContainer As String, pszProvider As String, _
    ByVal dwProvType As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function CryptCreateHash Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hProv As Long, _
    ByVal Algid As Long, ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, phHash As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function CryptHashData Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hHash As Long, _
    ByVal pbData As String, ByVal dwDataLen As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function CryptDeriveKey Lib "advapi32.dll" ( _
    ByVal hProv As Long, ByVal Algid As Long, ByVal hBaseData As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
    phKey As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function CryptDestroyHash Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hHash As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function CryptDestroyKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function CryptEncrypt Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long, _
    ByVal hHash As Long, ByVal Final As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal pbData As String, _
    pdwDataLen As Long, ByVal dwBufLen As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function CryptDecrypt Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long, _
    ByVal hHash As Long, ByVal Final As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal pbData As String, _
    pdwDataLen As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function CryptReleaseContext Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hProv As Long, _
    ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function GetLastError Lib "kernel32" () As Long
 
'constants for Cryptography API functions
Private Const MS_DEF_PROV = "Microsoft Base Cryptographic Provider v1.0"
Private Const PROV_RSA_FULL = 1
Private Const ALG_CLASS_DATA_ENCRYPT = 24576
Private Const ALG_CLASS_HASH = 32768
 
Private Const ALG_TYPE_ANY = 0
Private Const ALG_TYPE_BLOCK = 1536
Private Const ALG_TYPE_STREAM = 2048
 
Private Const ALG_SID_RC2 = 2
 
Private Const ALG_SID_RC4 = 1
Private Const ALG_SID_MD5 = 3
Private Const CALG_MD5 = ((ALG_CLASS_HASH Or ALG_TYPE_ANY) Or ALG_SID_MD5)
Private Const CALG_RC2 = ((ALG_CLASS_DATA_ENCRYPT Or ALG_TYPE_BLOCK) Or ALG_SID_RC2)
Private Const CALG_RC4 = ((ALG_CLASS_DATA_ENCRYPT Or ALG_TYPE_STREAM) Or ALG_SID_RC4)
 
Private Const ENCRYPT_ALGORITHM = CALG_RC4
Private Const ENCRYPT_BLOCK_SIZE = 1
 
Private Const CRYPT_EXPORTABLE = 1
 
Public Function DoCryptoEncrypt(sPassword As String, PlainText As String) As String
 
  Dim lHHash As Long
  Dim lHkey As Long
  Dim lResult As Long
  Dim lHExchgKey As Long
  Dim lHCryptprov As Long
 
  Dim sContainer As String
  Dim lCryptLength As Long
  Dim lCryptBufLen As Long
  Dim sCryptBuffer As String
 
  On Error GoTo EncryptError
 
  Dim sOutputBuffer As String
 
  Dim sProvider
 
  'Get handle to the default CSP
  sProvider = MS_DEF_PROV & vbNullChar
  
  If Len(PlainText) = 0 Then
    DoCryptoEncrypt = ""
    Exit Function
  End If
 
  sOutputBuffer = ""
 
  If Not CBool(CryptAcquireContext(lHCryptprov, ByVal _
      sContainer, ByVal sProvider, PROV_RSA_FULL, 0)) Then
    ' If there is no default key container then create one
    ' using Flags field
    If GetLastError = 0 Then
      If Not CBool(CryptAcquireContext(lHCryptprov, 0&, ByVal sProvider, PROV_RSA_FULL, CRYPT_NEWKEYSET)) Then
        sOutputBuffer = PlainText
        GoTo Finished
      End If
    End If
  End If
 
  'Create a hash object
  If Not CBool(CryptCreateHash(lHCryptprov, CALG_MD5, 0, _
      0, lHHash)) Then
    MsgBox ("Error " & CStr(GetLastError) & _
        " during CryptCreateHash!")
    GoTo Finished
  End If
 
  'Hash in the password text
  If Not CBool(CryptHashData(lHHash, sPassword, _
      Len(sPassword), 0)) Then
    MsgBox ("Error " & CStr(GetLastError) & _
        " during CryptHashData!")
    GoTo Finished
  End If
 
  'Create a session key from the hash object.
  If Not CBool(CryptDeriveKey(lHCryptprov, _
      ENCRYPT_ALGORITHM, lHHash, 0, lHkey)) Then
    MsgBox ("Error " & CStr(GetLastError) & _
        " during CryptDeriveKey!")
    GoTo Finished
  End If
 
  'Destroy the hash object.
  CryptDestroyHash (lHHash)
  lHHash = 0
 
  'Create a buffer for the CryptEncrypt function
  lCryptLength = Len(PlainText)
  lCryptBufLen = lCryptLength * 2
  sCryptBuffer = String(lCryptBufLen, vbNullChar)
  LSet sCryptBuffer = PlainText
 
  'Encrypt the text data
  If Not CBool(CryptEncrypt(lHkey, 0, 1, 0, sCryptBuffer, _
      lCryptLength, lCryptBufLen)) Then
    MsgBox ("bytes required:" & CStr(lCryptLength))
    MsgBox ("Error " & CStr(GetLastError) & _
        " during CryptEncrypt!")
  End If
 
  sOutputBuffer = Mid$(sCryptBuffer, 1, lCryptLength)
 
Finished:
  'Outa here
  DoCryptoEncrypt = sOutputBuffer
 
  'Destroy session key.
  If (lHkey) Then lResult = CryptDestroyKey(lHkey)
 
  'Destroy key exchange key handle
  If lHExchgKey Then CryptDestroyKey (lHExchgKey)
 
  'Destroy hash object
  If lHHash Then CryptDestroyHash (lHHash)
 
  'Release Context provider handle
  If lHCryptprov Then lResult = _
      CryptReleaseContext(lHCryptprov, 0)
 
  Exit Function
 
EncryptError:
 
  MsgBox ("Encrypt Error: " & Error$)
 
  GoTo Finished
 
End Function
 
 
Public Function DoCryptoDecrypt(sPassword As String, CryptText As String) As String
 
  Dim lHExchgKey As Long
  Dim lHCryptprov As Long
  Dim lHHash As Long
  Dim lHkey As Long
  Dim lResult As Long
 
  Dim sContainer As String
  Dim sProvider As String
 
  Dim sCryptBuffer As String
  Dim lCryptBufLen As Long
  Dim lCryptPoint As Long
 
  Dim lPasswordPoint As Long
  Dim lPasswordCount As Long
 
  Dim sOutputBuffer As String
 
  On Error GoTo DecryptError
 
 
  If Len(CryptText) = 0 Then
    DoCryptoDecrypt = ""
    Exit Function
  End If
  'Clear the Output buffer
  sOutputBuffer = ""
 
  'Get handle to the default CSP.
  sContainer = vbNullChar
  sProvider = vbNullChar
  sProvider = MS_DEF_PROV & vbNullChar
  If Not CBool(CryptAcquireContext(lHCryptprov, ByVal sContainer, ByVal sProvider, PROV_RSA_FULL, 0)) Then
    If Not CBool(CryptAcquireContext(lHCryptprov, ByVal sContainer, ByVal sProvider, PROV_RSA_FULL, CRYPT_NEWKEYSET)) Then
      'MsgBox ("Error " & CStr(GetLastError) & " during CryptAcquireContext! ")"
      sOutputBuffer = CryptText
      GoTo Finished
    End If
  End If
 
  'Create a hash object
  If Not CBool(CryptCreateHash(lHCryptprov, CALG_MD5, 0, 0, lHHash)) Then
    MsgBox ("Error " & CStr(GetLastError) & " during CryptCreateHash! ")
    GoTo Finished
  End If
 
  'Hash in the password text
  If Not CBool(CryptHashData(lHHash, sPassword, Len(sPassword), 0)) Then
    MsgBox ("Error " & CStr(GetLastError) & " during CryptHashData!")
    GoTo Finished
  End If
 
  'Create a session key from the hash object
  If Not CBool(CryptDeriveKey(lHCryptprov, ENCRYPT_ALGORITHM, lHHash, 0, lHkey)) Then
    MsgBox ("Error " & CStr(GetLastError) & " during CryptDeriveKey!")
    GoTo Finished
  End If
 
  'Destroy the hash object.
  CryptDestroyHash (lHHash)
  lHHash = 0
 
  'Prepare sCryptBuffer for CryptDecrypt
  lCryptBufLen = Len(CryptText) * 2
  sCryptBuffer = String(lCryptBufLen, vbNullChar)
  LSet sCryptBuffer = CryptText
 
  'Decrypt data
  If Not CBool(CryptDecrypt(lHkey, 0, 1, 0, sCryptBuffer, lCryptBufLen)) Then
    MsgBox ("bytes required:" & CStr(lCryptBufLen))
    MsgBox ("Error " & CStr(GetLastError) & " during CryptDecrypt!")
    GoTo Finished
  End If
 
  'Setup output buffer with just decrypted data
  sOutputBuffer = Mid$(sCryptBuffer, 1, lCryptBufLen / 2)
 
Finished:
  'Outa here
  DoCryptoDecrypt = sOutputBuffer
 
  'Destroy session key
  If (lHkey) Then lResult = CryptDestroyKey(lHkey)
 
  'Destroy key exchange key handle
  If lHExchgKey Then CryptDestroyKey (lHExchgKey)
 
  'Destroy hash object
  If lHHash Then CryptDestroyHash (lHHash)
 
  'Release Context provider handle
  If lHCryptprov Then lResult = CryptReleaseContext(lHCryptprov, 0)
 
  Exit Function
 
DecryptError:
  MsgBox ("Decrypt Error: " & Error$)
  GoTo Finished
End Function
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