Visual Basic 6.0

GZip Decompress File

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Demonstrates how to uncompress a .gz compressed file to get the uncompressed original file. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim gzip As New ChilkatGzip

success = gzip.UncompressFile("qa_data/gzip/something.csv.gz","qa_output/something.csv")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print gzip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "File successfully uncompressed and extracted from the Gzip compressed format."