.bz2 Compress Memory to File

Compress in-memory data to a .bz2 file.

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Dim bz2 As New ChilkatBz2

Dim success As Long

'  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = bz2.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial.")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox bz2.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim dataToCompress() As Byte

Dim fac As New CkFileAccess
dataToCompress = fac.ReadEntireFile("hamlet.xml")

success = bz2.CompressMemToFile(dataToCompress,"hamlet.xml.bz2")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox bz2.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

MsgBox "Success!"