(Lianja) Compress and Decompress Base64

Imagine we have data represented as a base64 string. This example demonstrates how to decode, compress, and re-encode to smaller base64 representing the compressed data.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

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

lcStrBase64 = "VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBkb2cuDQpUaGUgcXVpY2sgYnJvd24gZm94IGp1bXBlZCBvdmVyIHRoZSBsYXp5IGRvZy4NClRoZSBxdWljayBicm93biBmb3gganVtcGVkIG92ZXIgdGhlIGxhenkgZG9nLg0KVGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBkb2cuDQpUaGUgcXVpY2sgYnJvd24gZm94IGp1bXBlZCBvdmVyIHRoZSBsYXp5IGRvZy4NCg0K"

loCompress = createobject("CkCompression")
loCompress.Algorithm = "deflate"

loBinDat = createobject("CkBinData")
// Load the base64 data into a BinData object.
// This decodes the base64. The decoded bytes will be contained in the BinData.
loBinDat.AppendEncoded(lcStrBase64,"base64")

// Compress the BinData.
loCompress.CompressBd(loBinDat)

// Get the compressed data in base64 format:
lcCompressedBase64 = loBinDat.GetEncoded("base64")
? "compressed base64:"
? lcCompressedBase64

// The compressed base64 is: C8lIVSgszUzOVkgqyi/PU0jLr1DIKs0tSE1RyC9LLVIoAcrnJFZVKqTkp+vxcoUMYeW8XAA=

// Now decompress:
loBinDat.Clear()
loBinDat.AppendEncoded(lcCompressedBase64,"base64")
loCompress.DecompressBd(loBinDat)

lcDecompressedBase64 = loBinDat.GetEncoded("base64")
? "decompressed base64:"
? lcDecompressedBase64

// The output is the original data:
// VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBkb2cuDQpUaGUgcXVpY2sgYnJvd24gZm94IGp1bXBlZCBvdmVyIHRoZSBsYXp5IGRvZy4NClRoZSBxdWljayBicm93biBmb3gganVtcGVkIG92ZXIgdGhlIGxhenkgZG9nLg0KVGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBkb2cuDQpUaGUgcXVpY2sgYnJvd24gZm94IGp1bXBlZCBvdmVyIHRoZSBsYXp5IGRvZy4NCg0K


release loCompress
release loBinDat