(VBScript) Decompress a Base64-Encoded Gzip String

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This example demonstrates how to use the UncompressStringENC method to decompress Gzip-compressed data that is provided as an encoded string.

The example first compresses a string and encodes the result as Base64. It then demonstrates how the Base64 string can be decoded and decompressed back into the original text.

Internally, the method performs three steps:

1. The input string is decoded from the specified encoding (Base64 in this example) to obtain the compressed binary data.
2. The binary data is decompressed using the Gzip algorithm.
3. The resulting bytes are interpreted using the specified character set (UTF-8) to produce the final string.

This method is useful when working with compressed data embedded in text-based formats such as JSON, XML, or HTTP responses.

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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 demonstrates how to decompress Gzip data that is
' provided as a Base64-encoded string.

set gzip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Gzip")

' First, create a compressed Base64 string for demonstration purposes:
inputStr = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
gzip.Filename = "quickBrownFox.txt"
compressedBase64 = gzip.CompressStringENC(inputStr,"utf-8","base64")
If (gzip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(gzip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Compressed (Base64): " & compressedBase64)

' Now decompress the Base64-encoded Gzip string:
decompressed = gzip.UncompressStringENC(compressedBase64,"utf-8","base64")
If (gzip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(gzip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Decompressed string:")
outFile.WriteLine(decompressed)

outFile.Close