Visual FoxPro

Gzip a File

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Demonstrates how to create a .gz (gzipped file). Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loGzip
LOCAL lcEmbeddedExtractPath

lnSuccess = 0

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

loGzip = CreateObject('Chilkat.Gzip')

* This will create a .gz such that when ungzipped by a tool such as 7-Zip,
* it will create "qa_data/hamlet.xml".
lnSuccess = loGzip.CompressFile("qa_data/hamlet.xml","qa_output/hamlet.xml.gz")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loGzip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loGzip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Call CompressFile2 to explicitly specify the ungzip path
* For example, this will create a .gz such that when ungzipped by a tool such as 7-Zip,
* it will create "hamlet.xml".
lcEmbeddedExtractPath = "hamlet.xml"
lnSuccess = loGzip.CompressFile2("qa_data/hamlet.xml",lcEmbeddedExtractPath,"qa_output/hamlet2.xml.gz")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loGzip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loGzip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Success."

RELEASE loGzip