Load Binary File to an Encoded String

Demonstrates how to load a binary file directly into a string encoded as base64, hex, URL, quoted-printable, etc.

Download Chilkat FileAccess ActiveX (freeware)

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
set fac = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")

'  The 2nd argument specifies the encoding and may
'  be "base64", "hex", "url", or "qp".
encodedStr = fac.ReadBinaryToEncoded("sample.pdf","base64")
If (encodedStr = vbNullString ) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( fac.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( encodedStr) & "</pre>"
End If

%>
</body>
</html>