Unicode C

Compress a String and Save as a Gzip File

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This example demonstrates how to use the CompressStringToFile method to compress a string and write the result directly to a Gzip (.gz) file.

The input string is first converted to its byte representation using the specified character set (in this case, UTF-8). The resulting bytes are then compressed using the Gzip format, and the compressed output is written directly to the specified file.

This method is convenient when you want to generate a compressed file from in-memory text without needing intermediate objects such as BinData or StringBuilder.

Unicode C

#include <C_CkGzipW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkGzipW gzip;
    const wchar_t *inputStr;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example demonstrates how to compress a string and save the result
    // directly to a Gzip (.gz) file.

    gzip = CkGzipW_Create();

    // The string to be compressed:
    inputStr = L"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";

    // Compress the string using UTF-8 and write to a file:
    success = CkGzipW_CompressStringToFile(gzip,inputStr,L"utf-8",L"output.gz");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkGzipW_lastErrorText(gzip));
        CkGzipW_Dispose(gzip);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Compression successful.\n");
    wprintf(L"Gzip file written to output.gz\n");


    CkGzipW_Dispose(gzip);

    }