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HB_CompressBufLen()

Calculates the buffer size required for compression.

Syntax

HB_CompressBufLen( <nUncompressedLen> )--> nDefaultBufLen

Arguments

<nUncompressedLen>

This is a numeric value indicating the length of the input string to compress in bytes.

Return

The function returns a numeric value which is the number of bytes a preallocated buffer must have to receive the compression result. This is required for the advanced form of HB_Compress().

Info

See also:	HB_Compress()
Category:	ZIP compression , xHarbour extensions
Header:	HbCompress.ch
Source:	rtl\hbcomprs.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll