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Upload and then compress a file to gzip in BC14

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Hello,

How can I modify my existing code to successfully convert a file into a gzip file and then encode it to a base64 string on BC14? Our customer is on this system for at least 2 more years, and despite multiple attempts, the current implementation does not work. It fails on the line  StreamMgt.WriteGzipStreamToTempBlob() because the DotNet_GZipStream is not readable.
Here is the code I'm currently using:


             procedure UploadAndCompress()

             var

                    FileName: Text;

                    GZipAsText: Text;

                    InStream: InStream;

                    OutStream: OutStream;

 

                    DotNet_GZipStream: Codeunit DotNet_GZipStream;

                    DotNet_CompressionMode: Codeunit DotNet_CompressionMode;

                    StreamMgt: Codeunit /Stream Management/;

                    TempBlob: Record TempBlob;

                    TempBlob2: Record TempBlob;

                begin

                    FileName := 'c://SomeFile.txt';

                    UploadIntoStream('Import', '', ' All Files (*.*)|*.*', FileName, InStream);


 

                    TempBlob.Blob.CreateOutStream(OutStream);

                    CopyStream(OutStream, InStream);

                    DotNet_CompressionMode.Compress();

                    StreamMgt.InitGzipStreamFromTempBlob(TempBlob, DotNet_CompressionMode, DotNet_GZipStream);

 

                    StreamMgt.WriteGzipStreamToTempBlob(DotNet_GZipStream, TempBlob2);

                    GZipAsText := TempBlob2.ToBase64String();

 

                    DotNet_GZipStream.CLOSE();

                end;

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    101,414 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi, Sorry I'm not sure if this is supported in BC14, but hopefully it can give you some hints.
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  • EN-18061927-0 Profile Picture
    2 on at
    Hi, did you ever find a solution to this problem? I am trying to decompress a gzipped stream on BC 14 but I run into the same issue at the  StreamMgt.WriteGzipStreamToTempBlob(DotNet_GZipStream, TempBlob2); step, where the GZip_Stream is not writable.

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