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)

LOCAL loFac
LOCAL lcEncodedStr

loFac = CreateObject('Chilkat.FileAccess')

*  The 2nd argument specifies the encoding and may
*  be "base64", "hex", "url", or "qp".
lcEncodedStr = loFac.ReadBinaryToEncoded("sample.pdf","base64")
IF (lcEncodedStr = NULL ) THEN
    ? loFac.LastErrorText
ELSE
    ? lcEncodedStr
ENDIF