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Unicode C

Get Contents of File as Base64

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Demonstrates how to read the contents of a file and convert to a base64 string.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkBinDataW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkBinDataW bd;

    success = FALSE;

    bd = CkBinDataW_Create();

    success = CkBinDataW_LoadFile(bd,L"qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to load file.\n");
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkBinDataW_getEncoded(bd,L"base64"));

    // If you want mult-line base64:
    wprintf(L"--\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkBinDataW_getEncoded(bd,L"base64_mime"));

    // If you want hex..
    wprintf(L"--\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkBinDataW_getEncoded(bd,L"hex"));

    // etc.


    CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);

    }