C++

Compress a String and Save as a Gzip File

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This example demonstrates how to use the CompressStringToFile method to compress a string and write the result directly to a Gzip (.gz) file.

The input string is first converted to its byte representation using the specified character set (in this case, UTF-8). The resulting bytes are then compressed using the Gzip format, and the compressed output is written directly to the specified file.

This method is convenient when you want to generate a compressed file from in-memory text without needing intermediate objects such as BinData or StringBuilder.

C++

#include <CkGzip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    // This example demonstrates how to compress a string and save the result
    // directly to a Gzip (.gz) file.

    CkGzip gzip;

    // The string to be compressed:
    const char *inputStr = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";

    // Compress the string using UTF-8 and write to a file:
    success = gzip.CompressStringToFile(inputStr,"utf-8","output.gz");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << gzip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Compression successful." << "\r\n";
    std::cout << "Gzip file written to output.gz" << "\r\n";
    }