// Create the store and a provider for accessing data in the store
// Note that you may use one single combination for user name and password
// or different combination for each of the element.
using (EncryptedDataStore encryptedDataStore = new EncryptedDataStore())
{
    encryptedDataStore.Initialize("<userName>", "<password>");
    using (IEncryptedDataProvider encryptedDataProvider = encryptedDataStore.GetDataProvider("providerUserName", "providerPassword"))
    {
        // Create a new data object (node)
        Guid node = encryptedDataProvider.CreateNode(Guid.Empty, "Demo object");

        // Change a standard property
        string expectedName = "Demo object with updated name";
        encryptedDataProvider.SetProperty(node, EncryptedDataKeyDefinitions.Name, expectedName);

        // Add a new custom property
        Guid property = Guid.NewGuid();
        string content = "This content may be any serializable type. Note that this data is serialized binary";
        encryptedDataProvider.SetProperty(node, property, content);

        // Get a property content of a standard property
        DateTime created = encryptedDataProvider.GetProperty<DateTime>(
            node,
            EncryptedDataKeyDefinitions.Created,
            DateTime.MinValue);

        // Change an existing custom property
        encryptedDataProvider.SetProperty(node, property, "New content!");

        // Create a second element as subordinated node of the first node
        Guid subNode = encryptedDataProvider.CreateNode(node, "Demo object");

        // Save the data store
        encryptedDataStore.Save("DemoDataStore.bin");
    }
}

// Access the saved file
using (EncryptedDataStore encryptedDataStore = new EncryptedDataStore())
{
    // Create a second instance of the store and read some values from it
    encryptedDataStore.Initialize("<userName>", "<password>");
    // Load the data
    encryptedDataStore.Open("DemoDataStore.bin");
    using (IEncryptedDataProvider encryptedDataProvider = encryptedDataStore.GetDataProvider("providerUserName", "providerPassword"))
    {
        // Get all root nodes of this particular provider
        Dictionary<Guid, string> nodeCollection = encryptedDataProvider.GetNodes(Guid.Empty);

        // Get the collection of nodes contained in the first node of the root collection
        Dictionary<Guid, string> subnodeCollection = encryptedDataProvider.GetNodes(nodeCollection.Keys.First());
    }
}