Generate pair

Generation of a pair means a generation of pair of keys - private one and corresponding public key. The public key is used for encryption and the private key is usedfor decryption. Each key is represented by long value. The longer is the bit length of the key, the harder it is to bruteforce it. Unlike Windows build-in crypto system, the full version of ActiveCrypt provides an unlimited length of the key. It is only limited by the power of CPU you have. The shareware version of ActiveCrypt provides a maximum key length equal to 256 bit.
Key generation is quite easy. You must only call function GenerateCouple. In the following example 2 keys with size of 256 bits are created:

        Dim PrivateKey As Variant, PublicKey As Variant

        Set ActiveCryptObject = new ActiveCryptLib.RSACrypt
        ActiveCryptObject.GenerateCouple 256, PrivateKey, PublicKey
        ...

Usually, you will want to save those keys. To do this you should use SaveKey function. The keys will remain valid until you destroy ActiveCryptObject or explicitly free it with FreeKey function.