Attribute VB_Name = "Cod_ValueUpShift"


Option Explicit

Private Dictionary As String

'This coder work with a dictionary of all ascii codes
'but don't keep track of the counts
'every time a character is encountered it will be shifted with
'the character wich stand one position higher in the dictionary

Public Sub ValueUpShifter_Coder(ByteArray() As Byte)
    Dim X As Long
    Dim Temp As Byte
    Call Init_ValueUpShifter
    For X = 0 To UBound(ByteArray)
        Temp = ByteArray(X)
        ByteArray(X) = InStr(Dictionary, Chr(Temp)) - 1
        Call update_Model(Temp)
    Next
End Sub

Public Sub ValueUpShifter_DeCoder(ByteArray() As Byte)
    Dim X As Long
    Dim Temp As Byte
    Call Init_ValueUpShifter
    For X = 0 To UBound(ByteArray)
        Temp = ASC(Mid(Dictionary, ByteArray(X) + 1, 1))
        ByteArray(X) = Temp
        Call update_Model(Temp)
    Next
End Sub

Private Sub Init_ValueUpShifter()
    Dim X As Integer
    Dictionary = ""
    For X = 0 To 255
        Dictionary = Dictionary & Chr(X)
    Next
'    Call Update_Model(Asc("A"))
End Sub

Private Sub update_Model(Char As Byte)
    Dim DictPos As Integer
    Dim TwistChar As String
    DictPos = InStr(Dictionary, Chr(Char))
    If DictPos < 256 Then
        TwistChar = Mid(Dictionary, DictPos + 1, 1)
        Dictionary = Left(Dictionary, DictPos - 1) & TwistChar & Chr(Char) & Mid(Dictionary, DictPos + 2)
    End If
End Sub