>>Hello,
>>
>>I know this probably sounds like a stupid question but here is goes:
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>>I am try to make our component work in FoxPro6. Basically I am try to do memory compression.
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>>I have a string that I want to compress and then place in a byte array to then later on uncompress it back into a string.
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>>This is the code I am try to use...
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>>public gcBigBlob && uncompressed data
>>public gcLittleBlob && compressed data (variant)
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>>gcBigBlob = "This is the string I wnat to compress"
>>gcLittleBlob = ""
>>
>>&& Set up the compression control:
>>gnZip = CREATEOBJECT('XceedSoftware.XceedCompression')
>>
>>&& Compress the data:
>>rslt = gnZip.Compress(m.gcBigBlob, m.gcLittleBlob, .T.)
>>MESSAGEBOX (gnZip.GetErrorDescription (rslt))
>>
>>? m.gcLittleBlob
>>? LEN(m.gcLittleBlob)
>>
>>
>>The problem is that gcLittleBlob remains empty and the string is never compressed.
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>If the above is the correct syntax you will have to pass the variable by reference rather than value. Make your call like this...
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>rslt = gnZip.Compress(m.gcBigBlob, @m.gcLittleBlob, .T.)

Bob, while I've never seen an error, pass by ref should understand to use a memvar, and it might have a problem parsing with the m. notation.

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>What is returned in rslt? The above will pass the variable by reference which assumes the Compress method will update that variable with the result you want.
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>BOb