MD5 md5 = MD5.Create();
            byte[] data = md5.ComputeHash(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(inputText));

            // Create a new Stringbuilder to collect the bytes and create a string:
            StringBuilder sBuilder = new StringBuilder();

            // Loop through each byte of the hashed data and format each one as a hexadecimal string:
            for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
            {
                sBuilder.Append(data[i].ToString("x2"));
            }

            // Return the hexadecimal string:
            return sBuilder.ToString();