(PowerBuilder) Decode from Binary Encoding and Append String

Demonstrates how to decode from a binary encoding (base64, hex, url, etc.) and then append the decoded string to a Chilkat StringBuilder object.

Note: This example uses the new DecodeAndAppend method added in Chilkat v9.5.0.87.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

integer li_rc
string ls_NameWindows1252UrlEncoded
string ls_NameUtf8UrlEncoded
oleobject loo_Sb1
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Sb2
integer li_BEqual

// We have the string "MÆRSK" in two forms:

// This is the URL encoding of the windows-1252 representation.
ls_NameWindows1252UrlEncoded = "M%C6RSK"

// This is the URL encoding of the utf-8 representation.
ls_NameUtf8UrlEncoded = "M%C3%86RSK"

// Note that the result of loading a string into a string object 
// is the same if we correctly specify the underlying charset encoding.
// In the above example, we have the same string, but in different charset encodings
// subsequently URL encoded.
loo_Sb1 = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Sb1.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Sb1
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_Success = loo_Sb1.DecodeAndAppend(ls_NameWindows1252UrlEncoded,"url","windows-1252")

loo_Sb2 = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Sb2.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

li_Success = loo_Sb2.DecodeAndAppend(ls_NameUtf8UrlEncoded,"url","utf-8")

// sb1 and sb2 both hold the same string.
li_BEqual = loo_Sb1.ContentsEqualSb(loo_Sb2,1)
Write-Debug "bEqual = " + string(li_BEqual)

// We can see the string is "MÆRSK" in both cases.
Write-Debug loo_Sb1.GetAsString()
Write-Debug loo_Sb2.GetAsString()


destroy loo_Sb1
destroy loo_Sb2