TSTRING cChecksumSignature::AsString() const
{
    TSTRING ret;
    char *ps_signature;
    char buf[100];
    uint32 local[2];
    local[0] = (uint32)(mChecksum >> 32); // note we put the MSB first
    local[1] = (uint32)(mChecksum);

    ps_signature = pltob64(local, buf, 2);
        //ps_signature holds base64 representation of mCRC
#ifdef _UNICODE
    ret.resize(strlen(ps_signature));
    mbstowcs((TCHAR*)ret.data(), ps_signature, strlen(ps_signature));
#else
    ret.append(ps_signature);
#endif
    return ret;
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// AsString -- Returns a TSTRING that holds the base64 representation of 
//  mCRC
TSTRING cCRC32Signature::AsString() const
{
    if (cArchiveSigGen::Hex())
        return AsStringHex();
    
    TSTRING ret;
    char *ps_signature;
    char buf[100];
    uint32 local = mCRCInfo.crc;

    ps_signature = pltob64(&local, buf, 1);
    //ps_signature holds base64 representation of mCRCInfo.crc
#ifdef _UNICODE
    ret.resize(strlen(ps_signature));
    mbstowcs((TCHAR*)ret.data(), ps_signature, strlen(ps_signature));
#else
    ret.append(ps_signature);
#endif
    return ret;
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// AsString -- Returns Base64 representation of mSignature in a TSTRING
TSTRING cHAVALSignature::AsString() const
{
    if (cArchiveSigGen::Hex())
        return AsStringHex();
    
    TSTRING ret;
    char buf[24];

    btob64((byte*)mSignature, buf, 128);
    //converting to base64 representation.

#ifdef _UNICODE     //making it TSTRING sensitive
    int length;
    length = strlen(buf);
    ret.resize(length);
    mbstowcs((TCHAR*) ret.data(), buf, length);
#else
    ret.append(buf);
#endif
    
    return ret;
}
TSTRING cSHASignature::AsString(void) const
{
    if (cArchiveSigGen::Hex())
        return AsStringHex();
    
    TSTRING ret;
    char* ps_signature; 
    char buf[100];
    
    ps_signature = btob64((uint8*)sha_digest, buf, SIG_UINT32_SIZE*sizeof(uint32)*8);
    //converting to base64 representation.

#ifdef _UNICODE                //making it TSTRING sensitive
    int length;
    length = strlen(ps_signature);
    ret.resize(length);
    mbstowcs((TCHAR*) ret.data(), ps_signature, length);
#else
    ret.append(ps_signature);
#endif
    return ret;
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// AsString -- Converts to Base64 representation and returns a TSTRING
TSTRING cMD5Signature::AsString() const
{
    if (cArchiveSigGen::Hex())
        return AsStringHex();
    
    TSTRING ret;
    char buf[24];

    ASSERT( sizeof( uint8 ) == sizeof( byte ) ); /* everything breaks otherwise */
    btob64((byte*)md5_digest, buf, SIG_BYTE_SIZE*8);
        //converting to base64 representation.

#ifdef _UNICODE     //making it TSTRING sensitive
    int length;
    length = strlen(buf);
    ret.resize(length);
    mbstowcs((TCHAR*) ret.data(), buf, length);
#else
    ret.append(buf);
#endif
    
    return ret;
}