Xbase++

Ungzip Base64 String

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Suppose you have a gzip in base64 representation that contains a text file, such as XML. This example shows how to decompress and access the string. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oGzip
LOCAL cGzipBase64
LOCAL oBd
LOCAL cStrXml

nSuccess := 0

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

oGzip := CreateObject("Chilkat.Gzip")

cGzipBase64 := "H4sIAAAAAAAE ... X6aZjXO3EwAA"

oBd := CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
nSuccess := oBd:AppendEncoded(cGzipBase64, "base64")

nSuccess := oGzip:UncompressBd(oBd)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oGzip:LastErrorText
    oGzip:destroy()
    oBd:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

cStrXml := oBd:GetString("utf-8")
? "XML:"
? cStrXml

oGzip:destroy()
oBd:destroy()