(VBScript) GZip Decompress File

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

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

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Gzip")
set gzip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Gzip")

success = gzip.UncompressFile("qa_data/gzip/something.csv.gz","qa_output/something.csv")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(gzip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("File successfully uncompressed and extracted from the Gzip compressed format.")

outFile.Close