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Unicode C++

Get Contents of File as Base64

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Demonstrates how to read the contents of a file and convert to a base64 string.

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Unicode C++
#include <CkBinDataW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkBinDataW bd;

    success = bd.LoadFile(L"qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to load file.\n");
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",bd.getEncoded(L"base64"));

    // If you want mult-line base64:
    wprintf(L"--\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",bd.getEncoded(L"base64_mime"));

    // If you want hex..
    wprintf(L"--\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",bd.getEncoded(L"hex"));

    // etc.
    }