the xuserid and xpassword are encoded not encrypted. I would recommend you use an external script to store them encoded in the text files and then load them in QlikView using a regular load from file and connect to ODBC. Altought it is not advisable to store regular user/passwords in a text file in the server.
However, if you want QlikView to LOAD the the user/password pair and encode them to pass to the odbc connection string, you can add the following .vbs file (import thru edit module Ctrl-M) in the script editor and test, this is something I have never used in the past, but you can try:
LOAD
Base64Encode(useridfromtextfile) as UseridTOConnect,
Base64Encode(passwordidfromtextfile) as PasswordidTOConnect
FROM yourtextfile;
so Basically you are scrambiling them from the source .
--save this file into a directory and import it to your qview document to call the functions before connecting to odbc
Function Base64Decode(ByVal base64String)
'rfc1521
'1999 Antonin Foller
Const Base64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/"
Dim dataLength, sOut, groupBegin
'remove white spaces, If any
base64String = Replace(base64String, vbCrLf, "")
base64String = Replace(base64String, vbTab, "")
base64String = Replace(base64String, " ", "")
'The source must consists from groups with Len of 4 chars
dataLength = Len(base64String)
If dataLength Mod 4 <> 0 Then
Err.Raise 1, "Base64Decode", "Bad Base64 string."
Exit Function
End If
' Now decode each group:
For groupBegin = 1 To dataLength Step 4
Dim numDataBytes, CharCounter, thisChar, thisData, nGroup, pOut
' Each data group encodes up To 3 actual bytes.
numDataBytes = 3
nGroup = 0
For CharCounter = 0 To 3
' Convert each character into 6 bits of data, And add it To
' an integer For temporary storage. If a character is a '=', there
' is one fewer data byte. (There can only be a maximum of 2 '=' In
' the whole string.)
thisChar = Mid(base64String, groupBegin + CharCounter, 1)
If thisChar = "=" Then
numDataBytes = numDataBytes - 1
thisData = 0
Else
thisData = InStr(1, Base64, thisChar, vbBinaryCompare) - 1
End If
If thisData = -1 Then
Err.Raise 2, "Base64Decode", "Bad character In Base64 string."
Exit Function
End If
nGroup = 64 * nGroup + thisData
Next
'Hex splits the long To 6 groups with 4 bits
nGroup = Hex(nGroup)
'Add leading zeros
nGroup = String(6 - Len(nGroup), "0") & nGroup
'Convert the 3 byte hex integer (6 chars) To 3 characters
pOut = Chr(CByte("&H" & Mid(nGroup, 1, 2))) + _
Chr(CByte("&H" & Mid(nGroup, 3, 2))) + _
Chr(CByte("&H" & Mid(nGroup, 5, 2)))
'add numDataBytes characters To out string
sOut = sOut & Left(pOut, numDataBytes)
Next
Base64Decode = sOut
End Function
Function Base64Encode(inData)
'rfc1521
'2001 Antonin Foller,
Const Base64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/"
Dim cOut, sOut, I
'For each group of 3 bytes
For I = 1 To Len(inData) Step 3
Dim nGroup, pOut, sGroup
'Create one long from this 3 bytes.
nGroup = &H10000 * Asc(Mid(inData, I, 1)) + _
&H100 * MyASC(Mid(inData, I + 1, 1)) + MyASC(Mid(inData, I + 2, 1))
'Oct splits the long To 8 groups with 3 bits
nGroup = Oct(nGroup)
'Add leading zeros
nGroup = String(8 - Len(nGroup), "0") & nGroup
'Convert To base64
pOut = Mid(Base64, CLng("&o" & Mid(nGroup, 1, 2)) + 1, 1) + _
Mid(Base64, CLng("&o" & Mid(nGroup, 3, 2)) + 1, 1) + _
Mid(Base64, CLng("&o" & Mid(nGroup, 5, 2)) + 1, 1) + _
Mid(Base64, CLng("&o" & Mid(nGroup, 7, 2)) + 1, 1)
'Add the part To OutPut string
sOut = sOut + pOut
'Add a new line For Each 76 chars In dest (76*3/4 = 57)
'If (I + 2) Mod 57 = 0 Then sOut = sOut + vbCrLf
Next
Select Case Len(inData) Mod 3
Case 1: '8 bit final
sOut = Left(sOut, Len(sOut) - 2) + "=="
Case 2: '16 bit final
sOut = Left(sOut, Len(sOut) - 1) + "="
End Select
Base64Encode = sOut
End Function
Function MyASC(OneChar)
If OneChar = "" Then MyASC = 0 Else MyASC = Asc(OneChar)
End Function
