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Uncompress.Open
 (gb.compress)</h1>
<div class="black"><font size="-2"><b>Syntax</b></font></div>
<pre class="syntax"><font color="blue">SUB</font> <b>Open</b> <font color="blue">(</font> <u>Path</u> <font color="blue">AS</font> <font color="#0080FF">String</font> <font color="blue">)</font></pre>
Allows you to open a file for reading that is stored in compressed format. Prior to use this method you have to select the appropiate  compression driver.
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Source file must be a valid file, that is, compressed with the same algorithm you have selected at Type property.
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<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">Dim Cz As New Uncompress
Dim Buf As String

Cz.Type = &quot;bzlib2&quot;
Cz.Open(&quot;/home/foo/compressed.bz2&quot;)
LINE INPUT #Cz, Buf
...
CLOSE #Cz</pre>

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