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Classic ASP

Compress Bytes

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Demonstrates how to compress binary data.

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Classic ASP
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

set fac = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")

fileBytes = fac.ReadEntireFile("qa_data/bmp/big.bmp")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( fac.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

set compress = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Compression")
compress.Algorithm = "deflate"

compressedBytes = compress.CompressBytes(fileBytes)
If (compress.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( compress.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = fac.WriteEntireFile("qa_output/compressedBmp.dat",compressedBytes)
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( fac.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If


%>
</body>
</html>