Base64 encoding

[BigTee]

I am working on a project that requires data in a base64 format. I have a base64 encoding program that operates on text and works, but I don't know how to read a zipped file to make the base64 function work. Once the file is zipped, I do not know how to encode the zipped file to base64. Is there a VB6 function that operates on zipped files?

This is my first time sending a request so it may be out there somewhere, but I did not see a sample in this forum.

BigTee

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[jmsrickland]

Just read the zip file into your program as binary (not text) into a single string. Send that string to the Base64 encoding sub and then save it as a Base64 encoded file. It's no different than encoding images or any file (including text) into Base64 if you read everything as binary.

[BigTee]

Thank you for the information. But I do not know how to read a zipped file. I can open it with binary, but I need to know how to read/input the data to an array. If you have sample code that would be great.

[jmsrickland]

Thank you for the information. But I do not know how to read a zipped file. I can open it with binary, but I need to know how to read/input the data to an array. If you have sample code that would be great.

Your original question was how to decode a zip file into a Base64, not how to open it and read the contents into an array. If all you want is to make the entire zip file Base64 encoded then why do you need to read the contents into an array?

[BigTee]

That is the only way I know how to get the zipped file into a Base64 format. Some of the zipped files can be large. So what is the better way?

[jmsrickland]

So what you want to do is to Base64 all of the files in the zip. I was under the impression that you wanted to Base64 the zip file itself (which it would with the included files) so that perhaps you were going to send it like an Email attachment. OK, so I think what you want to do is to make a new thread and ask how to open a zip file instead of this subject which asks how to do Base64 encoding.

[BigTee]

I'm not sure I need to make a new thread. As I stated previoiusly, I want to Base64 encode a zipped file within a VB6 program so that that file can be sent in an email like format to a Web site. This file will be wrapped in commands that will tell the Web site what to do with the data. In this case, the data are medical claim data for insurance processing.