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Unicode C

Convert any File to Base64 (and back)

Demonstrates how to get the contents of any file as a base64 string, and then write it back.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkBinDataW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkBinDataW bd;
    const wchar_t *b64Str;
    HCkBinDataW bd2;

    success = FALSE;

    bd = CkBinDataW_Create();

    //  This example will load a PDF and return it as a base64 string.
    success = CkBinDataW_LoadFile(bd,L"qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to load file.\n");
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    b64Str = CkBinDataW_getEncoded(bd,L"base64");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",b64Str);

    //  Now write the base64 string back to the binary PDF file:
    bd2 = CkBinDataW_Create();
    success = CkBinDataW_AppendEncoded(bd2,b64Str,L"base64");
    success = CkBinDataW_WriteFile(bd2,L"qa_output/helloWorld.pdf");


    CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);
    CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd2);

    }