PackbitsMBS.Compress(data as MemoryBlock) as MemoryBlock

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Compression	MBS Compression Plugin	15.1	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Compresses data in a memoryblock.

Can raise out of memory exception if running low on memory.

See also:

• Compress(data as string) as string
• Compress(InputFile as FolderItem, OutputFile as FolderItem) as boolean

PackbitsMBS.Compress(data as string) as string

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Compression	MBS Compression Plugin	15.1	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Ccompresses data in a string.

Can raise out of memory exception if running low on memory.
Returned data is a string without known encoding. If you plan to store it in a file, use binarystream class, not textoutputstream. If you plan to store it in a database, please use BLOB field. For storing in a text field, you may need to use Base64 encoding.

See also:

• Compress(data as MemoryBlock) as MemoryBlock
• Compress(InputFile as FolderItem, OutputFile as FolderItem) as boolean

PackbitsMBS.Compress(InputFile as FolderItem, OutputFile as FolderItem) as boolean

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Compression	MBS Compression Plugin	15.1	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Compresses data in a file.

Returns true on success.

See also:

• Compress(data as MemoryBlock) as MemoryBlock
• Compress(data as string) as string

PackbitsMBS.Decompress(data as MemoryBlock) as MemoryBlock

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Compression	MBS Compression Plugin	15.1	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Decompresses data in a memoryblock.

Can raise out of memory exception if running low on memory.

See also:

• Decompress(data as string) as string
• Decompress(InputFile as FolderItem, OutputFile as FolderItem) as boolean

PackbitsMBS.Decompress(data as string) as string

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Compression	MBS Compression Plugin	15.1	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Decompresses data in a string.

Can raise out of memory exception if running low on memory.
Returned data is a string without known encoding.

See also:

• Decompress(data as MemoryBlock) as MemoryBlock
• Decompress(InputFile as FolderItem, OutputFile as FolderItem) as boolean

PackbitsMBS.Decompress(InputFile as FolderItem, OutputFile as FolderItem) as boolean

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Compression	MBS Compression Plugin	15.1	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Decompresses data in a file.

Returns true on success.

See also:

• Decompress(data as MemoryBlock) as MemoryBlock
• Decompress(data as string) as string