(PowerShell) 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.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

# This is the URL encoding of the windows-1252 representation.
$nameWindows1252UrlEncoded = "M%C6RSK"

# This is the URL encoding of the utf-8 representation.
$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.
$sb1 = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $sb1.DecodeAndAppend($nameWindows1252UrlEncoded,"url","windows-1252")

$sb2 = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $sb2.DecodeAndAppend($nameUtf8UrlEncoded,"url","utf-8")

# sb1 and sb2 both hold the same string.
$bEqual = $sb1.ContentsEqualSb($sb2,$true)
$("bEqual = " + $bEqual)

# We can see the string is "MÆRSK" in both cases.
$($sb1.GetAsString())
$($sb2.GetAsString())