Deflate String

Chilkat.Compression

 compress = new
 Chilkat.Compression

();



//  Any string argument automatically begins a 30-day trial.


bool success;

success = compress.UnlockComponent
("30-day trial"
);

if
 (success != true
) {

    MessageBox.Show("Compression component unlock failed"
);

    return
;

}



compress.Algorithm
 = "deflate"
;



string strData;

int i;



//  Create a long string to deflate.


strData = "abcdefg1122334455667788"
;

strData = strData + "/r/n"
;

for
 (i = 0
; i <= 99
; i++) {

    strData = strData + "abcdefg1122334455667788"
;

    strData = strData + "/r/n"
;

}



//  Depending on the programming language, the string


//  may be Unicode.  Tell the component to convert to


//  ansi (1-byte/char) prior to compression:


compress.Charset
 = "ansi"
;



//  Compressed data is binary, meaning that all byte values


//  from 0 to 255 are possible.  The result would not be


//  a printable string.  To receive a printable string (us-ascii),


//  the resultant compressed data should be encoded using


//  an encoding such as base64.  Set the EncodingMode


//  property to determine the output encoding:


//  (Valid choices are "base64", "hex", "url", and others)


compress.EncodingMode
 = "base64"
;



//  Note: Base64 encoding expands the compressed data by


//  4/3rds because each 3 bytes of binary data are represented


//  by 4 printable chars.  Hex, for example, doubles the output


//  size because each byte is represented by 2 printable chars.




//  Deflate the string:


string deflatedStr;

deflatedStr = compress.CompressStringENC
(strData);

if
 (deflatedStr == null
 ) {

    MessageBox.Show(compress.LastErrorText
);

    return
;

}



//  Display the deflated string.


//  The result will be:


//  S0xKTklNSzc0NDIyNjYxMTU1MzM3t7Dg5UoclRiVGJUYlRiVGJUYlRiVGJUYchIA


textBox1.Text += deflatedStr + "/r/n";



//  Decompress back to the original:


string strOriginal;

strOriginal = compress.DecompressStringENC
(deflatedStr);



//  Display the uncompressed original:


textBox1.Text += "--- Original ---"
 + "/r/n";

textBox1.Text += strOriginal + "/r/n";