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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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C
#include <C_CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkBinData bd;

    success = FALSE;

    bd = CkBinData_Create();

    success = CkBinData_LoadFile(bd,"qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("Failed to load file.\n");
        CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    printf("%s\n",CkBinData_getEncoded(bd,"base64"));

    // If you want mult-line base64:
    printf("--\n");
    printf("%s\n",CkBinData_getEncoded(bd,"base64_mime"));

    // If you want hex..
    printf("--\n");
    printf("%s\n",CkBinData_getEncoded(bd,"hex"));

    // etc.


    CkBinData_Dispose(bd);

    }