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Base64 Encode/Decode a String

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_LANGUAGE_ example to base-64 encode and decode a string.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkBinDataW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkBinDataW bd;
    const wchar_t *s;
    const wchar_t *strBase64;
    HCkBinDataW bd2;
    const wchar_t *decoded;

    success = FALSE;

    bd = CkBinDataW_Create();

    s = L"A friend called me up the other day and talked about investing in a dot-com that sells lobsters. Internet lobsters. Where will this end? --Donald Trump";

    success = CkBinDataW_AppendString(bd,s,L"utf-8");

    strBase64 = CkBinDataW_getEncoded(bd,L"base64");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",strBase64);

    // To decode:
    bd2 = CkBinDataW_Create();
    CkBinDataW_AppendEncoded(bd2,strBase64,L"base64");

    decoded = CkBinDataW_getString(bd2,L"utf-8");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",decoded);


    CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);
    CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd2);

    }