Visual FoxPro

.Z File Compression

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Use LZW compression to create a .Z compressed file. Compresses any single file into a .Z format compressed file.

(Chilkat's .Z compression functionality is included as part of the Chilkat Zip license.)

Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loUc

lnSuccess = 0

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

loUc = CreateObject('Chilkat.UnixCompress')

lnSuccess = loUc.CompressFile("hamlet.xml","hamlet.xml.Z")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loUc.LastErrorText
ELSE
    ? "Success."
ENDIF

RELEASE loUc