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Classic ASP

Compress Bytes to Base64 (or any other encoding)

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Compresses bytes to base64 or any other encoding. Also decompress to return the original.

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

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

' First create some binary data to compress.
set binData = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")

For i = 1 To 16
    success = binData.AppendEncoded("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")
Next

set compress = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Compression")
compress.Algorithm = "deflate"
compress.EncodingMode = "base64"

uncompressedBytes = binData.GetBinary()

' Compress and return the compressed bytes in base64 format.
compressedBase64 = compress.CompressBytesENC(uncompressedBytes)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "compressed and base64 encoded: " & compressedBase64) & "</pre>"

' Compress and return in hex format:
compress.EncodingMode = "hex"
compressedHex = compress.CompressBytesENC(uncompressedBytes)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "compressed and hex encoded: " & compressedHex) & "</pre>"

' Now decompress..
set binData2 = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")

' Decompress the base64..
compress.EncodingMode = "base64"
uncompressedBytes = compress.DecompressBytesENC(compressedBase64)
success = binData2.AppendBinary(uncompressedBytes)
' Show the uncompressed bytes in hex format:
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( binData2.GetEncoded("hex")) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "--") & "</pre>"

' Decompress the hex..
compress.EncodingMode = "hex"
uncompressedBytes = compress.DecompressBytesENC(compressedHex)
success = binData2.Clear()
success = binData2.AppendBinary(uncompressedBytes)
' Show the uncompressed bytes in hex format:
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( binData2.GetEncoded("hex")) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "--") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
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