OpenEdge Development:<br />Progress 4GL Reference BASE64-DECODE function

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Progress 4GL Reference

BASE64-DECODE function

Converts a Base64 character string into a binary value. The result is a MEMPTR containing the binary data.

Syntax
BASE64-DECODE ( expression ) 
expression
A CHARACTER or LONGCHAR expression containing the string you want to convert.
Example

Following is an example using the BASE64-DECODE function:
DEF VAR decdmptr AS MEMPTR.
DEF VAR decdlngc AS LONGCHAR.

COPY-LOB FROM FILE "C:\myicons\testencode" TO decdlngc.
decdmptr = BASE64-DECODE(decdlngc).
COPY-LOB FROM decdmptr TO FILE "C:\myicons\test.ico". 