(Classic ASP) StringBuilder to Bytes (in BinData)

Demonstrates converting a string to bytes of a particular character encoding.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or later.

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<html>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<body>
<%
' This initial step gets string data to be used in this example from a live URL.
' It assumes Chilkat HTTP API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
http.VerboseLogging = 1
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbJson = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/greekAlphabet.json",sbJson)
If (Not success) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbGreek = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadSb(sbJson)

' The JSON contains this:

' 	{ 
' 	  "greekAlphabet": "Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω"
' 	} 

greekAlphabet = json.StringOf("greekAlphabet")
success = sbGreek.Append(greekAlphabet)

' Append the Windows-1253 represention of the string..
' In this encoding, each Greek char is one byte per char.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.BinData")
set binWindows1253 = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = binWindows1253.AppendSb(sbGreek,"windows-1253")
' Save to a Windows-1253 text file:
success = binWindows1253.WriteFile("qa_output/greek_win1253.txt")

' Show the bytes in the quoted-printable format so we can easily see the Windows-1253 byte values.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( binWindows1253.GetEncoded("qp")) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "--------------------------------") & "</pre>"

' The result is shown here:
' 	=C1 =E1 =C2 =E2 =C3 =E3 =C4 =E4 =C5 =E5 =C6 =E6 =C7 =E7 =C8 =E8 =C9 =E9 =CA=
' 	 =EA =CB =EB =CC =EC =CD =ED =CE =EE =CF =EF =D0 =F0 =D1 =F1 =D3 =F3 =F2 =
' 	=D4 =F4 =D5 =F5 =D6 =F6 =D7 =F7 =D8 =F8 =D9 =F9

' Append the utf-8 represention of the string..
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.BinData")
set binUtf8 = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = binUtf8.AppendBom("utf-8")
success = binUtf8.AppendSb(sbGreek,"utf-8")
' Save to a utf-8 text file:
success = binUtf8.WriteFile("qa_output/greek_utf8.txt")
' Show the bytes in the quoted-printable format so we can easily see the utf-8 char representations.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( binUtf8.GetEncoded("qp")) & "</pre>"

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "--------------------------------") & "</pre>"

' These are the utf-8 bytes shown in quoted-printable encoding:
' 	=EF=BB=BF=CE=91 =CE=B1 =CE=92 =CE=B2 =CE=93 =CE=B3 =CE=94 =CE=B4 =CE=95 =CE=
' 	=B5 =CE=96 =CE=B6 =CE=97 =CE=B7 =CE=98 =CE=B8 =CE=99 =CE=B9 =CE=9A =CE=BA =
' 	=CE=9B =CE=BB =CE=9C =CE=BC =CE=9D =CE=BD =CE=9E =CE=BE =CE=9F =CE=BF =CE=
' 	=A0 =CF=80 =CE=A1 =CF=81 =CE=A3 =CF=83 =CF=82 =CE=A4 =CF=84 =CE=A5 =CF=85 =
' 	=CE=A6 =CF=86 =CE=A7 =CF=87 =CE=A8 =CF=88 =CE=A9 =CF=89

' Append the utf-16 (little endian) represention of the string..
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.BinData")
set binUtf16 = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = binUtf16.AppendBom("utf-16")
success = binUtf16.AppendSb(sbGreek,"utf-16")
' Save to a utf-16 text file:
success = binUtf16.WriteFile("qa_output/greek_utf16.txt")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( binUtf16.GetEncoded("qp")) & "</pre>"

' These are the utf-16 bytes shown in quoted-printable encoding:
' 	=FF=FE=91=03 =00=B1=03 =00=92=03 =00=B2=03 =00=93=03 =00=B3=03 =00=94=03 =
' 	=00=B4=03 =00=95=03 =00=B5=03 =00=96=03 =00=B6=03 =00=97=03 =00=B7=03 =00=
' 	=98=03 =00=B8=03 =00=99=03 =00=B9=03 =00=9A=03 =00=BA=03 =00=9B=03 =00=BB=
' 	=03 =00=9C=03 =00=BC=03 =00=9D=03 =00=BD=03 =00=9E=03 =00=BE=03 =00=9F=03 =
' 	=00=BF=03 =00=A0=03 =00=C0=03 =00=A1=03 =00=C1=03 =00=A3=03 =00=C3=03 =00=
' 	=C2=03 =00=A4=03 =00=C4=03 =00=A5=03 =00=C5=03 =00=A6=03 =00=C6=03 =00=A7=
' 	=03 =00=C7=03 =00=A8=03 =00=C8=03 =00=A9=03 =00=C9=03

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