(C#) Gzip Compress In Memory and Base64 Encode

Demonstrates how to Gzip compress in-memory data and then encode the compressed data to base64.

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

Chilkat.Gzip gzip = new Chilkat.Gzip();

// This example will load a file into the fileData object.
// Your application might load fileData from other sources..
Chilkat.BinData fileData = new Chilkat.BinData();
bool success = fileData.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load file.");
    return;
}

// In-place compress the contents of fileData
success = gzip.CompressBd(fileData);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(gzip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Get the base64 encoded compressed data (in a single line).
string strBase64 = fileData.GetEncoded("base64");
Debug.WriteLine(strBase64);
Debug.WriteLine("--------");

// To get the base64 in multiple lines, as it might appear in MIME,
// use "base64-mime".
string strBase64MultiLine = fileData.GetEncoded("base64-mime");
Debug.WriteLine(strBase64MultiLine);