(DataFlex) Decompress Gzip Data from BinData Directly to a File

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This example demonstrates how to use the UncompressBdToFile method to decompress Gzip data stored in a BinData object and write the uncompressed output directly to a file.

The compressed .gz data is first loaded into memory using a BinData object. The UncompressBdToFile method then decompresses the data and writes the result directly to the specified file, without modifying the contents of the BinData object.

This approach is useful when you want to extract compressed data to disk without performing an in-place transformation or managing intermediate buffers.

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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoGzip
    Variant vBd
    Handle hoBd
    String sTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // This example demonstrates how to decompress Gzip data stored in a BinData object
    // and write the uncompressed output directly to a file.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatGzip)) To hoGzip
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoGzip))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoGzip
    End
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatBinData)) To hoBd
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoBd))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoBd
    End

    // Load a .gz file into BinData:
    Get ComLoadFile Of hoBd "example.txt.gz" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoBd To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Showln "Loaded Gzip data into memory."

    // Uncompress the Gzip data and write directly to a file:
    Get pvComObject of hoBd to vBd
    Get ComUncompressBdToFile Of hoGzip vBd "example.txt" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoGzip To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Showln "File successfully uncompressed to example.txt"


End_Procedure