Visual Basic 6.0

Pretty Print JSON (Formatter, Beautifier)

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Demonstrates how to emit JSON in a pretty, human-readable format with indenting of nested arrays and objects. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject

Dim jsonStr As String
jsonStr = "{""name"": ""donut"",""image"":{""fname"": ""donut.jpg"",""w"": 200,""h"": 200},""thumbnail"":{""fname"": ""donutThumb.jpg"",""w"": 32,""h"": 32}}"

success = json.Load(jsonStr)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print json.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' To pretty-print, set the EmitCompact property equal to 0
json.EmitCompact = 0

' If bare-LF line endings are desired, turn off EmitCrLf
' Otherwise CRLF line endings are emitted.
json.EmitCrLf = 0

' Emit the formatted JSON:
Debug.Print json.Emit()