Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Compress Large Binary File in Blocks

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Compresses a large binary file in blocks. Delphi DLL

var
success: Boolean;
facSrc: HCkFileAccess;
facDest: HCkFileAccess;
blockSize: Integer;
numBlocks: Integer;
compress: HCkCompression;
fileBytes: HCkByteData;
compressedBytes: HCkByteData;
i: Integer;

begin
success := False;

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

facSrc := CkFileAccess_Create();
facDest := CkFileAccess_Create();

//  Open a large binary file for reading.
success := CkFileAccess_OpenForRead(facSrc,'qa_data/bmp/big.bmp');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFileAccess__lastErrorText(facSrc));
    Exit;
  end;

//  If we compress in 64K chunks, find out how many blocks there will be.
blockSize := 65536;
numBlocks := CkFileAccess_GetNumBlocks(facSrc,blockSize);

//  Open an output file for the compressed data.
success := CkFileAccess_OpenForWrite(facDest,'c:/temp/qa_output/compressedBmp.dat');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFileAccess__lastErrorText(facDest));
    Exit;
  end;

compress := CkCompression_Create();
CkCompression_putAlgorithm(compress,'deflate');

fileBytes := CkByteData_Create();
compressedBytes := CkByteData_Create();

//  Assuming numBlocks > 1
CkCompression_putFirstChunk(compress,True);
CkCompression_putLastChunk(compress,False);

i := 0;
while i < numBlocks do
  begin
    success := CkFileAccess_ReadBlock(facSrc,i,blockSize,fileBytes);
    success := CkCompression_CompressBytes(compress,fileBytes,compressedBytes);

    CkFileAccess_FileWrite(facDest,compressedBytes);

    i := i + 1;

    CkCompression_putFirstChunk(compress,False);
    if (i = (numBlocks - 1)) then
      begin
        CkCompression_putLastChunk(compress,True);
      end;
  end;

CkFileAccess_FileClose(facSrc);
CkFileAccess_FileClose(facDest);

Memo1.Lines.Add('Finished compressing file.');

CkFileAccess_Dispose(facSrc);
CkFileAccess_Dispose(facDest);
CkCompression_Dispose(compress);
CkByteData_Dispose(fileBytes);
CkByteData_Dispose(compressedBytes);