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

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Progress 4GL Reference

BASE64-ENCODE function

Converts binary data into a Base64 character string, and returns a LONGCHAR containing the character data. The resulting LONGCHAR is in the code page specified by -cpinternal.

Syntax
BASE64-ENCODE ( expression ) 
expression
A MEMPTR or RAW expression containing the binary data you want to convert.
Example

Following is an example using the BASE64-ENCODE function:
DEF VAR encdmptr AS MEMPTR.
DEF VAR encdlngc AS LONGCHAR.

COPY-LOB FROM FILE "C:\myicons\test.ico" TO encdmptr.
encdlngc = BASE64-ENCODE(encdmptr).
COPY-LOB FROM encdlngc TO FILE "C:\myicons\testencode". 