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.

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Chilkat.FileAccess fac = new Chilkat.FileAccess();

string encodedStr;

//  The 2nd argument specifies the encoding and may
//  be "base64", "hex", "url", or "qp".
encodedStr = fac.ReadBinaryToEncoded("sample.pdf","base64");
if (encodedStr == null ) {
    textBox1.Text += fac.LastErrorText + "\r\n";
}
else {
    textBox1.Text += encodedStr + "\r\n";
}